On this much, Americans on both sides of the partisan divide can agree: The gun violence must stop.

This week it was Charlie Kirk, co-founder of the conservative group Turning Point USA, who was shot and killed as he spoke at Utah Valley University. As has been noted , in June, it was Melissa Hortman, Speaker Emerita of the Minnesota House of Representatives, who was shot alongside her husband in their family home. The same gunman shot state Senator John Hoffman and his wife, who both survived. Last year, it was very nearly President Donald Trump, who was wounded by a bullet while speaking at a rally in Pennsylvania.

This list goes on and on, with victims hailing from both the left and the right.

Many will blame the extreme partisanship that has taken over this country, the hate-fuele

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