Mass shootings in the United States are all too common and, sadly, unsurprising to much of the world.
But when the victims of such violence are primary school students, the world takes notice.
Coverage of this week’s mass shooting at a Texas elementary school in the coming days will follow a predictable pattern. After all the horrifying details are released of the shooting, we return to a very simple debate: why can’t America stop the scourge of gun violence?
