The recent shooting at the high school in Georgia was saddening. But JD Vance's comment that school shootings are just a fact of life is maddening, and just plain wrong.
They don't have to be a fact of life. The reason they have become so common in the the US is because of the political power of the National Rifle Assoc. (NRA). They give lots of money to lots of Republican politicians and the cash helps the politicians to say things like--"school shootings are just a fact of life."
Or, "the only thing that will help stop these shootings are more money for mental health services." Or, "they'll always be nut cases out there looking to harm others, so there's nothing we can do."
Most people know better than this.
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