It is as if gun violence has become a “natural disaster” like floods, hurricanes or wildfires, rather than a preventable man-made tragedy.
Compared with having the systemic failures caused by the old-style police officers in Texas, Taiwanese people are undoubtedly fortunate to have the new style of officers.
All the efforts of the last 10 years to tighten gun control have failed.
[B]lood becomes a geography teacher, calling our attention to places we would otherwise not get to know.
This country is committing suicide. Weapons are leaving it without a future.
An armed guard stood outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde too, whose effectiveness was marked by the corpses of 19 children and two teachers.
[I]n Uvalde ... local funeral homes will deliver free pizza because they will be burying children every day for 2 1/2 weeks.
Every time there is a tragedy, gun control is called for, then the incident disappears before you know it.
The tragedy in Uvalde will not make a difference[.]
There’s something exceptional about the American way of death.