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Editorial: After the Nashville school shooting, America must do more than grieve. It must act

Again, America grieves. Monday morning, an assailant wielding two assault-style weapons and a pistol gunned down three students, all age 9, and three adults at a small private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee. It was the eighth mass killing at an American K-12 school since 2006, according to The Associated…

Chicago Tribune · Mar 30, 2023

Editorial: Nashville and a nation of mass shooting trauma

Another 200 children became survivors of gun violence Monday, this time in Nashville, when a 28-year-old armed with high-powered weapons broke into their school and opened fire, killing three 9-year-old classmates and three adult staff members.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 30, 2023

LZ Granderson: The Nashville shooting shows what the 2nd Amendment was not meant to protect

Sandy Hook is the mass shooting I hear mentioned most often when people talk about the moment they knew nothing would change.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 30, 2023

Audrey Hale: What we know about the Nashville school shooter

Mental health treatment, a manifesto and plans for further attacks and chilling final messages to a friend. Here’s what we know about the Nashville school shooter

The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2023

Hundreds of mourners gather to honour Nashville school shooting victims

Authorities have not yet determined the killer’s motive but say the assailant did not target specific victims.

Wales Online · Mar 30, 2023

‘We need to fight harder, scream louder’: Nashville youth at school shooting vigil share their anger

First lady Jill Biden and singer Sheryl Crow stood before hundreds in Nashville as mourners held candles, prayed and shared their frustration at yet another deadly school shooting on American soil, writes Sheila Flynn

The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2023

Melissa Joan Hart says she helped ‘tiny kids’ flee Nashville mass shooting

The actor said on Instagram that she and her husband were on their way to a school conference when they helped children escaping the Covenant School shooter to safety.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 30, 2023

Jill Biden, Sheryl Crow attend vigil for Nashville shooting victims; Pope Francis sends condolences

First lady Jill Biden attended Wednesday night’s candlelight vigil in Nashville, Tennessee, to honor and mourn the six victims killed in the Covenant School shooting.

Tribune News Service · Mar 30, 2023

How powerful must firearms get before we stop the bloodshed?

As we view the terrifying videos of the shooting that killed three children and three adults in Nashville, we have to ask: What will be added to the arsenal on the streets that’s even worse?

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 30, 2023

Nashville shooting victims honoured in sombre vigil

Hundreds of people have gathered at a candlelight vigil in Nashville, Tennessee to mourn the three children and three adults who were killed in a shooting

The New Daily · Mar 30, 2023