In so many ways, our lives may soon start to return to normal after a long, difficult year filled with so much loss. But in a normal life, we should be able to buy groceries without fear. We should be able to go to school, or go out with our friends, or worship together without mentally planning our escape if someone shows up with a gun. We should be able to live our lives without wondering if the next trip outside our home could be our last.
We should. But in America, we can't.
A once-in-a-century pandemic cannot be the only thing that slows mass shootings in this country. ... [T]his is a normal we can no longer afford.
-- Former president Barack Obama, in a statement about yesterday's mass shooting in Boulder, CO, 23 March 2021
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