Opinion

Are Mass Shootings Just the Cost of Living in America?

WE CAN DO BETTER

The double massacre in Maine is an opportunity for the left and right to work toward realistic, achievable goals to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill.

Matt Lewis
Matt Lewis 

Senior Columnist

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Matt Lewis

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