AGAIN, AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN
- Another mass shooting
- More children murdered
- Outrage over regularity of the horror
- Expressions of pent-up anger
- Emotionally charged speeches by politicians
- Expressions of unbearable grief
- Politicians demanding immediate action
- Calls for background checks
- Calls for gun registration
- Calls for assault weapons bans
- Calls for ‘red flag’ laws
- Calls to challenge the gun lobby
- Rationales to protect the Second Amendment
- Rationales to protect open carry laws
- Rationales to arm teachers
- Finger-pointing among politicians
- Press reports on troubled shooter
- Release of latest data on mass shootings
- Release of latest data on gun sales
- Calls for better mental health counseling
- More unbearable grief at emotional funerals
- Citizens demanding immediate action
- Passage of time
- No significant change in laws or attitudes
- Another mass shooting
- More people murdered
- More carnage
- More outrage
- More calls for the madness to end
- Again, and again, and again
