Stephen King on mass shootings (nonfiction)
"We're out of things to say" is a short essay by Stephen King about gun violence in America.
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"There is no solution to the gun problem & little more to write, because Americans are addicted to firearms.
"Representative Jared Golden, from Maine’s Second Congressional District, has reversed course & says he will now support outlawing military-style semiautomatic rifles like the one used in the killing of 18 people in Lewiston this week.
"But neither the House nor the Senate is likely to pass such a law, & if Congress actually did, the Supreme Court, as it now exists, would almost certainly rule it unconstitutional.
"Every mass shooting is a gut punch; with every one, unimaginative people say, 'I never thought it could happen here,' but such things can & will happen anywhere & everywhere in this locked-&-loaded country.
"The guns are available, & the targets are soft.
"When rapid-fire guns are difficult to get, things improve, but I see no such improvement in the future. Americans love guns and appear willing to pay the price in blood."
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