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'The Onion' keeps publishing the same mass shooting story, because we're all stuck

October 3, 2017

There’s a feeling that many Americans have become familiar with in the wake of major mass shooting incidents: A mix of horror, shock, bitter resignation, and helplessness. 

It’s a feeling that washes over you every time there’s a major mass shooting in the U.S., and then retreats in between incidents. The word major is necessary because there are now so many mass shootings—nearly one a day—that only those with particularly high body counts garner serious attention. 

Nothing captures that frustration and powerlessness as well as a 2014 story from The Onion: “‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens.” Read more…

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Source: Mashable
Original Post: 'The Onion' keeps publishing the same mass shooting story, because we're all stuck

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