On October 1st, the largest mass shooting in U.S. history took place at a country music festival. The shooting killed 58 people and injured 515. To think that people can't even come together to enjoy a concert without worrying if they'll make it home alive is terrifying.

I woke up this morning to a Snapchat from my friend that read something along the lines of "Hearing about the Jason Aldean concert last night makes my heart heavy." I had no idea what happened, because I don't follow the country music scene. I asked her what happened and she explained that someone committed the largest mass shooting in American history. My heart immediately sank to my stomach. How could someone do this? How could this happen? Why is the world so full of evil?

Being a concert lover myself, I do get scared to go to concerts with a large crowd, because shootings like this mostly happen in a large group of people. There is not one concert I have gone to (except maybe when I was younger and still for some reason convinced that the world was a safe place) where I have not thought that a shooting could happen there. Concerts are supposed to be a safe place, a place for a group of people to come together for one band or artist and enjoy music together. At concerts, we all become one. There is a sense of unity, love, and connection with the people around you. You're all together to share a love of music. I can't even imagine what it's like to be enjoying a song and all of a sudden hear gunshots around you or get shot yourself. In one moment you're enjoying life and in the next you're terrified.

My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their loved ones. No one should ever have to experience an act of pure evil like this one. My heart goes out to everyone involved - even the shooter. To the shooter, I'm sorry your mind was so sick that you committed such an evil act. I'm sorry that you could mercilessly kill 58 people and shoot over 500. You do not deserve to be remembered as a "country music fan" like one headline said - you deserve to rot in hell and be remembered only as the man who committed the largest mass shooting in America.

We have been taught by the actions of the people in this world that we have to live in fear. Every day we have to fear for our lives. Every day I walk around wondering if there will be a shooting on campus. We can't just go out and do things we enjoy for fear of not making it home alive. Why do we have to live in fear? I don't want the world to be evil. I want to believe that everyone in the world is a good person. I wish there was no evil in this world, and I'm sure you do too. Unfortunately, this is not the case. We do not deserve to live our lives in fear, but unfortunately it seems like we'll always have to.