If these murders were a result of a sickness that had been coddled by family, friends, or popular or political culture, there is a reckoning to be had.
There is something unspeakably shocking about any mass shooting. There is, sadly, something less shocking about a transgender mass shooter.
Yesterday, 23-year-old Robin (formerly Robert) Westman, ambushed the back-to-school Mass at Annunciation preK-8 School in Minneapolis. He was armed with an assault rifle, a shotgun, and a pistol, and he brought two-by-fours to barricade the door to prevent escape by his intended victims. He (called “she” or “they” on the Left-lunging news outlets) opened fire through the windows using all three weapons during the celebration of Holy Mass, murdering an 8-year-old and a 10-year-old, and injuring at least 17 others before taking his own life.
Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, was quick to offer his “heartfelt condolences and the assurance of spiritual closeness to all those affected by this terrible tragedy, especially the families now grieving the loss of a child.”
At the time of this writing, Robin Westman’s transgenderism is not a focal point of this horrific story—and it may never be. Maybe it shouldn’t be. But if these murders were a result of a sickness that had been coddled by family, friends, or popular or political culture, there is a reckoning to be had.a
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