"She has popped up on TV in the aftermath of the murders at Brown University in Providence. She is a sophomore there. In 2018, she was in a middle school that was attached to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when Nikolas Cruz and his very large gun came to call. On Saturday night, she was in her dormitory room when another shooter with another very large gun showed up on campus."
"And Tretta was asking all the right questions. From NBC News: No one in this country even assumes it's going to happen to them, Tretta said. Once it happens to you, you assume or are told it will never happen again, and obviously that is not the case. Obviously. Obviously? Obviously! It was a brutal weekend around the world. Brown. Bondi Beach in Australia. The murders in Brentwood, California of Rob and Michele Reiner."
"The news reminded me of the dispatches from World War II. There was insupportable violence on many fronts in many places. There are several arguments in the aftermath about which I will have none. First, any right-wing gloating about how Australia's gun laws don't work. Second, any dancing on the graves of the Reiners because of their politics. What am I talking about? Well, this is a good example of the latter."
Students have experienced multiple mass shootings, with Zoe Weissman present near both Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and the Brown University shooting, and Mia Tretta wounded previously and sheltering in place again. Survivors report a disbelief that such violence will recur and confront the false assumption that it will never happen again. The weekend included shootings at Brown and incidents abroad such as Bondi Beach, plus the murders in Brentwood, California of Rob and Michele Reiner. Responses should avoid gloating about other countries' laws and disrespecting victims because of political differences.
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