I am writing this on the day of the Texas school shooting, May 18th. Nine children and one teacher were shot, and I was at work in JCPenney.

Disasters like these force you to realize how small your everyday life is; I was on my way to my car after six hours of work this morning, and I saw that someone and gotten into my car and stolen my Bluetooth radio transmitter.

This transmitter gets plugged into one of the lighter outlets, I turn to the correct radio station, connect my phone, and I can listen to my own music from Spotify. It was a gift from a friend right after I got my car because the radio is old and doesn’t have an aux.

I got back from work, and it was gone.

I immediately called my mom and my best friend to rant about how awful the people are in this town — then I went on Amazon and ordered a new one that should be here by next week.

Later on, after I got home and was able to get on my phone, I found out about the shooting that just took place at Santa Fe High School. I don’t know too many details because I wasn’t following it when it happened.

I’m not a big fan of following the news for the most part; I find it hard to read about everything that’s going south right now, but I do like to be aware of the huge stuff.

When I read about shootings or disasters like this, I think about what I was doing that day when all of it was going on. It’s weird to go back and think of it like: when I was doing this, someone was having one of the most horrific experiences a person can have, just a few states south.

Gun control has been the hottest political topic of the year, and there seems to be massive public support about this issue, but nothing is being done.

10 more people are dead because of this inaction.

I have never felt politically inclined or especially confident about my political opinions, or opinions in general, but I feel very strongly about this — and net neutrality, but that’s a whole other bag of worms.

Something needs to be done about the gun access in this country. Listen to the speeches made by the Parkland teens who had to suffer through this personally.

If you’re adamantly against the idea of “gun control,” open your heart and mind to the possibility of change because kids need to stop getting killed in what should be considered a safe environment.