we becoming numb to mass shootings? Are incidents of gun violence in which multiple people are killed or injured becoming so routine that after the initial shock for a day or two, we move on? Are such bloody events part of a “new normal” in America? As grim and disturbing as such questions might be, it seems logical to ask them, considering the proliferation of mass shooting events. The current year has already witnessed 160 mass shootings, resulting in over 150 deaths, according to the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive, which defines such incidents as those in which four or more people are killed or injured, excluding the shooter. Such high profile events as the recent mass shootings in Atlanta and Indianapolis — and the perilously […]
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