It seems like every day is another tragedy.

Another awful, heart wrenching example of what happens when guns are put into the wrong hands.

Early Monday morning, over 59 people were killed and 527 people were injured in a mass shooting in Las Vegas, according to numbers gotten by The New York Times Monday evening.

There are no words that can be used to describe the pain the family and friends of the victims must feel, or even the pain that reverberated throughout the country with the knowledge that yet another shooting occurred.

Of course, our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone affected, but at some point, these are not enough.

Thoughts and prayers will not stop another innocent person from being killed. Legitimate action needs to come from this. We need sensible gun laws and regulations, and we need to look at ourselves as a nation.

As citizens of this nation.

As citizens of our community.

As people, damn it, to see what can be done to stop the madness.

This country is slowly losing its soul as the number of shootings increase. Many on social media talked about becoming desensitized to the shootings, because they are happening so often.

We cannot allow this to happen.

We need to remember the human faces behind these tragedies.

It is important, and we owe it to the victims of these shootings, to remember who they are.

To remember their families, and remember the real lives that will never be the same because of this awful shooting.

Yes, there are those who will insist we do not “politicize” the shooting in Las Vegas. While it is of course terrible that people would use this tragedy as a cheap political gain, there is nothing wrong with activists standing up and demanding our lawmakers do something to end the violence.

Some might say that this is not the right time to talk about gun reform, or mental health reform.

But if we do not take action now, when will we?

Do we really have to have another shooting take place to do something about how prevalent guns are in American culture?

What will it take for people to realize change has to happen?

Hiding these issues under the rug and refusing to talk about actual, concrete reforms for fear of getting “political” will not help anyone.

Instead, it will only ensure that Americans will continue waking up in the morning to news alerts about a new shooting.

That innocent people — in some cases, innocent children — will continue dying.

We need real solutions, now.

If we do not do something soon, our country will continue to suffer.

A world where we wait nervously for the next mass shooting is not a world we should be living in.

We all deserve to feel safe and be safe, and not worry if our fellow citizens will be the next victims of another attack.