What about threats to whites, specifically police? No mention. What about the ongoing issue of race that seems worse now in the country than ever before? No mention. What about the easy access and purchase of semi-automatic rifles that cause so many killings in so many communities across America, that few Americans, out of fear of the NRA, have the stomach to oppose, or, better still, preaching the gospel for changed lives. Nothing. No mention.

The Bishop of Louisiana, Morris Thompson Jr., did talk about "the systemic racial divide that haunts our country" and the need to stand together, which is ironic, as Sunday is the most segregated hour in America, and let's not forget the Episcopal Church is 90% lily white!

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry did mention, some seven times in a broadcast, that "we are all children of God", which is a self-evident truth, but failed to condemn either the white police killings of two blacks, or the black killing of five white police officers!

His universal cry that we are all 'children of God' is about as meaningless as saying that all rabbits like lettuce. Adolph Hitler was a child of God, he was a mass murderer. There was no call for repentance for either side in the race wars by the presiding bishop. We are children of God by birth he repeatedly cried, but we are only sons and daughters of God by reason of the new birth. No mention of that by Michael Curry.

And what of the untold story...the young black man who lived alone with his mother and kept an arsenal in his bedroom. Where was the father to guide and direct him? The parents were divorced when he was four. No father, no guidance. Another broken down black family of which there are millions. Was this all about race? What about revenge for the killing of two black men in Minnesota and Louisiana. Nicole, the sister of Micah Johnson posted this on Facebook: "White people have and will continue to kill us off. The only difference is they serve the system hiding behind that blue suit and get off easy murdering civilians. I for one think these cops need to get a taste of the life we now fear. Makes me so mad. When he decide we had enough and fight back."

Had the young man had a father, and had he gone into his bedroom, he would have had a serious talk about his arsenal of weapons. No mention by the black Presiding Bishop about the broken black family in America either.

And then, of course, there is the easy access to guns and the open carry policies in Texas that had police on the streets concerned about who was or was not a killer on the Dallas streets. Hard to tell the difference in the dark. Three men carrying AR-15s dressed in camouflage gear were at the scene and could just as easily have been shot. The three were arrested only one was charged. Why was the Republican led Brady Bill allowed to die? Truly tragic.

I have news for you. Prayer won't change any of this and invoking a "higher power" as one religious leader in Dallas did, won't change anything either. Public prayer meetings and momentary get togethers with puffed up religious leaders strutting around talking about peace, peace, when there is no peace won't change anything either... and calling people 'children of God' is theology going off half-cocked.

The statement that the way to confront one armed man is with another armed man (not exact quote) was refuted in Dallas this past weekend. One armed black man confronted 12 armed white cops and six people died including the shooter.

People are also still buying into the absurd narrative that President Obama is going to take away their guns. In seven and half years as president he has never done that and gun profits are going through the roof and ammunition suppliers are laughing all the way to the bank. But people keep falling for the line that the government is coming for their guns, and so Americans stock pile weapons against an imaginary enemy who will never come. Americans will just go on killing themselves. Gun manufacturers are making a killing, if you'll pardon the pun. Some 38,000 people will die in America this year from gun violence.

When twenty kids (aged between 6-7) and half a dozen school teachers are mowed down like rats in a school in Connecticut and nothing changes but the purchase of even more semi-automatic weapons urged on by the NRA, you know Americans have lost their collective minds over guns. Fear reigns. So the NRA answer is to stoke the fear and buy more guns against a non-existent foreign enemy.

Until semi-automatic weapons are removed from every home in America, the killings will continue...and they will become more frequent. Nobody is safe anywhere in America anymore. You can live in a small town like Ferguson or a big city like Dallas and you are not safe. You are not safe in church, a shopping mall, a movie theater ...anywhere and so the killings will continue. The frontier 'shoot em up' mentality still pervades American folk lore and real life. Movies eulogize killings, endless video games propagate violence on a mass scale and when it spills over into real life, why are we surprised?

Americans have been fed lies for years that the Communists were coming, and now we are told ISIS is on the way. The few American Muslim killers were born in America ...home grown terrorists influenced by social media. Most of the major murders and public killings have been single white males. Think Timothy McVeigh in Oklahoma City, Dylann Roof in Charleston or Adam Lanza in Sandy Hook...no blacks there, just white boys with no fathers and access to semi-automatic weapons. It's the breakdown (or break-up) of the American family stupid.

OVERSEAS REACTION

AUSTRALIA

In April 1996, 35 people were killed by a gunman wielding semi-automatic weapons at a former prison colony and tourist attraction in Tasmania. This became known as the Port Arthur massacre, and it was a turning point for Australia.

The event appalled and galvanized the nation, helping to push Australia to enact some of the most comprehensive firearm laws in the world. President Barack Obama has often pointed to Australia as an example for the US to follow.

So what exactly did Australia do, how did it work, and could it work in the US?

Less than two weeks after the Port Arthur massacre, all six Australian states agreed to enact the same sweeping gun laws banning semi-automatic rifles and shotguns - weapons that can kill many people quickly. They also put more hurdles between prospective gun owners and their weapons.

Australia has 28-day waiting periods, thorough background checks, and a requirement to present a "justifiable reason" to own a gun. Unlike in the US, self-protection is not accepted as a justifiable reason to own a gun.

The Australians learned the hard way about semi-automatics and then banned them all and they have never had another shooting.

NEW ZEALAND

Here's what a relative of mine, a gun owner in New Zealand said about gun ownership in that country. "Here in New Zealand we find it hard to understand the gun mentality you have in the US. It's like you are in a time warp still trying to subdue the West. Your gun lobbyists and legislators need to learn from how we do it.

"As you know we Kiwis love our hunting as it is readily available on our doorstep. So like you folk, rifles are a part of our culture. However we can't just walk into a gun shop and purchase a weapon. You have to have a thorough police character check with three witnesses who testify independently from each other. The police then come into your home and interview your wife and family to see if the purchaser is at all violent towards them. You have to go through a rifle safety course and pass a written test. Then you have to be licensed. You cannot purchase ammunition without a license. In fact you cannot purchase or sell a rifle without a license. This license can be revoked by the police if necessary and it is for a 10 year time period after which you must go through the same procedures again.

"Then your weapons have to be held in a secure gun safety locked cabinet. You cannot walk round the streets with any weapon whatsoever. If you do have to take one with you the bolt must be removed and it must be in a holding device. To even point a rifle at someone is an offense. When it comes to pistols only those who belong to a registered gun club can buy them and then only for competition shooting at the club. You are not allowed to carry a pistol on your person in a public place full stop.

"I personally don't find these rules a problem rather they are an assurance that our society is safe which is what we want."

RUSSIA

Let me tell you what I learned when I was in Moscow about gun ownership in that country. If you want to buy a gun, you first need a document from a psychiatrist saying you are mentally sane and not a danger to the public. The police must see the letter and then they will issue you a license to allow you to purchase a weapon when you show the gun club you have joined. The bolt must be separated from the rifle and carried in two parts on the street till the person has reached his destination.

All the pious talk of prayer, more community and police working for safer cities, and TEC's much vaunted anti-racism training, will never stop the lone killer with a grudge against the 'other'; buying a semi-automatic weapon and going on a rampage. America is now open season by anyone at any time for any reason...and he might just live right next door... a lonely (white or black) male seething with anger ready to explode, with a gun in his hands. You have been warned.