A promising young football player at Florida State shot while giving his aunt a ride home.

A nation shaken by a targeted assassination of a young, charismatic political activist.

Children at a Catholic school in Minneapolis, caught in a barrage of bullets while praying during Mass.

Black, white, young, old, conservative, liberal — these attacks remind us that in this country, no one is immune. These are not isolated incidents. They are part of an epidemic, a tragic testament that in the United States, no one is truly safe from the shadow of gun violence.

Sorry, but this is not my typical sports column . Normally, I’d be writing about a big game or a controversial coaching decision, but today I can’t. I’m mad and I’m sad, and you should be, too.

Here in Central Florida, we pray

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