In the decade since I first asked one of my reporters to cover America’s Gun Violence Epidemic, I can say with zero hesitation and immense frustration that The People have seen no progress.

If anything, the two “Camps” on gun violence causality have dug in their heels even harder, and the resultant intransigence has helped a grand total of nobody.

“It’s the guns!,” screams Camp 1.

“It’s a mental health issue!,” shrieks Camp 2.

I want to throttle both of you.

Because while y’all are trying to force yet another moral binary . I spent much of Saturday evening speaking with a Centers For Disease Control employee (Let’s call them ‘Riley,’) whose whole world has been turned upside down by the shooting that took place there this month.

Riley is a parent and cannot stop racing thoughts abo

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