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When Prayer Alone Does Not Suffice

Even as Americans keep the latest victims of a mass shooting in their thoughts, they have an obligation to figure out how to prevent any recurrence.
Source: Joshua Roberts / Reuters

The attack on members of Congress at baseball practice in Alexandria this morning is, by , the 195th mass shooting of the year. Thankfully, this time it appears that nobody was killed. The same can’t be said, alas, for the in a Fresno home on June 6, or the workplace in Orlando on June 5, or the in St. Louis on June

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