For most of us waking up the morning of Friday, April 16, the news that eight Hoosiers had been killed in a massacre at a FedEx facility wasnât so much a surprise, as a âshockâ that it had finally happened here. There had been 54 mass shooting events since March in the United States, and, according to Gun Violence Archive, 147 such lethal âincidentsâ in 2021 alone. As this article was being written Tuesday afternoon, an âactive shooterâ situation was underway in West Hempstead, New York. The FedEx massacre brought on a range of emotion. Gov. Eric Holcomb described himself as âshaken,â Speaker Todd Huston called it âheartbreaking and shocking,â while Senate President Pro Tempore Rod Bray termed it âsenseless and completely shocking.â They all praised first responders and expressed sympathy for victim families.