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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Peter Smith and Tiffany Stanley

Minneapolis shooting reignites debate over gun control and prayer

School Shooting Minneapolis - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Thoughts and prayers.

The invocation appears like a litany after every mass shooting — and the backlash is just as inevitable.

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