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Ban these weapons of war
By Editorial Board February 15 at 7:31 PM
WATCHING RELIEVED parents reunite with their children in the immediate aftermath of Wednesday’s mass shooting at a South Florida high school, it was impossible not to think about the others — the less fortunate ones. The parents frantically calling their children’s cellphones, hearing their panicked calls go straight to voice mail, slowly coming to understand that they would never hug their child again.
In the latest school shooting — a phrase so grotesquely, uniquely common to the United States — 17 people were killed and 15 injured. Among the dead: a 17-year-old senior excited about his upcoming college swimming scholarship; a football coach who jumped in front of the gunman to shield students from the bullets; a 15-year-old girl remembered for her love of soccer and writing.
The rampage just before the close of classes at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School was at least the eighth shooting this year at a U.S. school or college resulting in injury or death. It was the worst school shooting since 26 children and adults were slaughtered at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut in 2012. And we can say with tragic certitude it won’t be the last needless loss of life resulting from the wash of guns in this country and the refusal of national lawmakers to tighten controls over who can buy a gun and what kinds of weapons may be owned.
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