The Gun Shot Drinking Game

Shoot. Gun. Assault Rifle. Handguns. Shot in the leg. Guns. Fired back. Shooting. Shooter. Shooting. Wounded. Shot. Wounded. Victim. Shot. Victims.

The above paragraph was me, listening to Chicago 7 news, and typing any gun-related word during the initial three minutes. The talking heads lead with the Shoot Du Jour in Chicago, moved on to the Georgia courthouse shooting and wrapped up with that other shooting (no, not that one) at a college in Seattle.

It's more than a little crazy when we can no longer simply say "the shooting" - we need to be specific when referencing incidents of mass gun violence. Because it's happening every week now, sometimes daily. Here in the United States.
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You know those fun silly TV drinking games, right? You're watching The Big Lebowski and everyone takes a drink whenever someone bowls a strike. Or says fuck. Or shut the fuck up, Donnie.

Or you're watching Fargo and everyone does a shot when someone says you betcha.

Or if Breaking Bad is your show, you take a drink whenever Jesse says yeah bitch.

If you'd like to get completely shit-faced on a Sunday morning (or really any day of the week for that matter), play the Gun Shot Drinking Game. Make yourself a Bloody Mary or Mimosa or Coffee & Baileys, then watch the local Chicago news. And take a drink whenever you hear the word "gun" or "shot" or "shooting".
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Oh, Hedy. That's not funny at all. People are dying every day due to gun violence and you're making a game of it?

Since no one with any real authority has the balls to stand up to the NRA and call for serious change here, the only rational response is to drink. Heavily. And often.
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I am listening to: Gun shoot shooting shooter shot
I am reading: Little Bee by Chris Cleave
And I am: Hammered