Remember Uvalde? Does it seem that our memory of the shocking murder of 19 schoolchildren and two teachers has faded too quickly?
But just as Uvalde quickly eclipsed the massacre of 10 people in Buffalo 10 days before, the murder of seven at a July Fourth parade in Highland Park has overshadowed Uvalde.
Since July Fourth, 200 more Americans have died in ones and twos by homicide, but it’s the mass shootings – four or more victims – in schools and churches and public events that catch our attention.
At least briefly. Of course, we’re appalled when 19 youngsters are massacred at their desks by another kid who was able to legally purchase a high-powered, high-capacity, semi- automatic weapon.
This raises a question: Have we resigned ourselves to the hard truth that mass shootings are simply part of what it means to live in America?