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Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

Horror, anger, grief, anguish, heartbreak, morning,

shock.

These are some of my emotions this morning, but surprise is not among them,

and that is one of the tragedies of these tragedies. A man opened fire at an El Paso

shopping area Saturday morning, killing at least 20 people and wounding 26 others. He was apprehended at the

scene. Early the next morning, another shooter opened fire. This time in an entertainment district in

Dayton, Ohio. At least nine people were

murdered, including the gunman's sister, and 26 others were wounded. The shooter was killed by police.

There have now been 251 mass shootings in America this year, and 2019 is little more than seven months old.

Watching the national reaction to these tragedies,

it seems to me that despair has captured our collective soul.

We are afraid that no place in America is safe today.

We can't put metal detectors in every store, mall, movie theater, and office building.

And even if we did, murderers would just attack us in the parking lot. How do you know that wherever

you're going today won't be next? The fact is, you don't. Dallas is not safer than Dayton.

A garlic festival in California is not safer than a Walmart in El Paso.

A young man living in Allen, Texas, 20 minutes north of my home, drove 10 hours to massacre people in

El Paso, and is now one of the most infamous mass murderers in American history. Perhaps someone

living in your community will be next. On a

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