Mass shootings a choice the Republican Party makes [View all]

In theory, school shootings are tragic.

Indeed, after Wednesday’s mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia — four murdered, nine injured — Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey expressed gratitude that “a much larger tragedy” had been prevented. It was a win, of sorts.

I don’t mean to criticize Hosey. But the notion that mass shootings constitute a genuine tragedy is inconsistent with the sturdy refusal to reduce their number or severity. “I don’t like that this is a fact of life,” said GOP vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance.

A wealthy, technologically advanced society that declares “nothing can be done” when quite a lot can be done is making a statement about its hierarchy of values. In many locales, including Georgia, guns, and the men who cherish them, are higher on the list than children and those who cherish them.

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