Tragedies such as the horrific school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday have a habit of becoming political before the bodies have even been counted. But if there’s one thing everyone can and should agree on, it is that none of this is normal.

Children should not be forced to undergo regular drills to prepare them for the threat of a shooter. Parents should not be worried about whether those drills will someday be necessary. And the public as a whole should not be accustomed to reading headlines about the latest mass killing. Yet here we are, reading about the 27th school shooting this year.