Reposted gun-violence commentary.. (Updated, more than once..)

(Post updated, 2/14/18. Includes commentary:)

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In retrospect Sandy Hook marked the end of the US gun control debate. Once America decided killing children was bearable, it was over.

— (((Dan Hodges))) (@DPJHodges) June 19, 2015

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Today's (blog) reference: 1/23/18 news report (link). No affiliation. As of the publication of ↓this news story, 11 school shootings already reported......in 2018 alone:  
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/us/kentucky-school-shooting.html

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(Link to image↑ source. No copyright claimed. No affiliation.**)

1/27/18 update: Unfortunately, another school shooting (link): http://time.com/5121596/uniontown-high-school-shooting/

...2/1/18 update: (link): http://time.com/5129037/westlake-los-angeles-school-shooting/  (A later update: 
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/suspect-arrested-in-shooting-at-los-angeles-middle-school/)

....2/14/18: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/school-shooting-at-marjory-stoneman-douglas-high-in-florida-live-updates/

(.....Also: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/police-respond-shooting-parkland-florida-high-school-n848101, and: http://time.com/5159039/florida-school-shooting-parkland/)

YT video link. No direct affiliation.
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(A 2/18 news article link:) https://www.salon.com/2018/02/13/congress-is-moving-forward-with-its-new-guns-everywhere-proposal/

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(YT video link. No copyright.)


(Article link:) https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/more-guns-do-not-stop-more-crimes-evidence-shows/

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(**Blogger comment -- I'm sure some may agree: The 2/14/18 AP news photo copied above capturing the blond woman (with Ash Wednesday ashes etc.) and distraught child (- my mistake; told that she is probably an adult -) may be the news photo of (at least) the year (so far).)