MONDAY 5 AUGUST 2019

Gun violence cliches trap us in

this deadly status quo

Mourners at a vigil near the Mexican border after the El Paso shooting (Reuters)

LYNNE MURPHY

“Stay safe!”

As I watch the news from my homeland unroll on Twitter, I see this phrase again and again. An imperative
to those in Gilroy, in El Paso, in Dayton. Tweeted when a gunman is firing, when the ambulances unload

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