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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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CST Editorial Board

Americans should shout out opposition to needless gun deaths

Will Walsh prays on Monday at memorials for Jerrald Gallion, Angela Carr and Anolt Joseph Laguerre Jr. near a Dollar General store where they were shot and killed two days earlier in Jacksonville, Florida. (Getty Images)

Maybe if there was more booing, America might have something to cheer about.

On Sunday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is running for president, was booed when he appeared at a vigil for three victims killed at what authorities said was a racially motivated shooting in Jacksonville, Florida. As governor, DeSantis in April signed a law allowing Floridians to carry concealed guns without a permit. Police said the gunman, an avowed racist who killed himself after the attack, used legally purchased guns.

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