A candlelight vigil for the victims of the Oregon college shooting. (AP photo)
The vast majority of people in the United States who support common-sense regulations about guns once again are forced to throw up our collective hands in disgust and sorrow at the latest school shooting and the epidemic of gun violence in this country.
By some counts, there have been 142 school shootings since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., that killed 20 children and six adults in December 2012. There have been 45 such shootings just this year. The average is almost one school shooting a week. Some media organizations put the number lower, at 94 or 95 school shootings since Sandy Hook. But whether it’s 142 or 94, that’s still way too many shootings and victims.