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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ed Pilkington

‘There are almost always warning signs’: an activist says acts of mass violence can be prevented

People gather at a memorial near the Tops supermarket in Buffalo.
People gather at a memorial near the Tops supermarket in Buffalo. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/Reuters

In December, Mark Barden will mark the 10th anniversary of the day that changed his life forever when a gunman entered his son Daniel’s Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, and opened fire, killing 26 people including Daniel and 19 other six- and seven-year-old children.

Before he reaches that grim milestone, Barden has work to do. He has to get through the trauma of knowing that it has all happened again – another gunman carrying exactly the same assault-style weapon of war, entering a supermarket this time, senselessly opening fire.

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