"As you know, there was another school shooting this week, this time at Brown University. The coverage has been what we've all come to expect: Republicans act like there's nothing we can do about it, and Democrats make meek noises about gun control. Nothing happens, and nobody even expects anything will happen. The suspected shooter was caught, after apparently killing himself, late Thursday night."
"The only thing novel about this school shooting is that it happened at Brown, an Ivy League university. I don't know any person who would have said that getting an elite, expensive education protects people from being shot while at school, and yet, I don't think I'm the only person who kinda, sorta privately assumed that sending your kids to elite institutions made them more safe from the violence that envelops America. I wouldn't argue the shooting "shattered" my false sense of security, because I always knew it was a false sense. It just "reminded me" that nowhere is safe."
"But feeling that nowhere is or can be safe is, indirectly, part of the problem. It is what MAGA and the NRA and the politicians running the government want us to believe. If nowhere is safe, then the Republicans are right that nothing can be done about it. If nowhere is safe, then we all just have to live like this. It makes people say, "I hope my kids don't get shot at school," as opposed to "I will do everything in my power to make sure my kids do not get shot at school." It doesn't lead to activism but to acceptance."
An analysis examines an authoritarian threat beneath Trump's bonuses for military families. A separate argument advocates eliminating the Second Amendment. A recent school shooting at Brown University elicited predictable responses: Republicans framing the violence as inevitable and Democrats offering modest gun-control proposals. The cycle of inaction and public resignation persists. Many assumed elite institutions provided protection, but the shooting demonstrates that nowhere is immune. The narrative of inevitability promoted by MAGA, the NRA, and governing politicians encourages acceptance rather than collective action. Schools could be made safe in ways common to other highly industrialized countries.
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