Gun Violence is an Assault on Community Life

Mass shootings are uniquely destructive to America’s public places

May 18, 2023

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Black and white photograph of an empty park bench near a paved pathway in early spring

There has not been a single week in the United States this year without a mass shooting. In only four and a half months, over 226 mass shootings have occurred. Each attack is uniquely horrific. Both the motives of the shooters and the fates of the victims vary in each attack. What they have in common is the human wreckage they leave behind. Mass shootin…

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