We can’t grow numb to mass shootings

Published May 29, 2022 11:00am ET



The massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday is almost too much to comprehend. In total, 19 innocent children and two adults were killed by an alleged 18-year-old madman. This type of crime on such a large scale has happened more than once in the United States. It should never become a routine that people accept, but in some ways, it feels like the country is becoming numb to it.

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