Mass Shootings: ‘This Is What Normal Has Come to Be Like in America’ – By Melissa Chan (TIME) / Mar 24 2021
American flags at the White House and other federal buildings were still flying at half-staff on Monday, in memory of the eight people gunned down in Atlanta, when another shooting rampage in Boulder, Colo. left 10 more dead.
On Tuesday, President Joe Biden ordered the flags to be lowered again.
For many in the nation, the shootings, which occurred less than a week apart, have been a solemn reminder that while there’s some hope the U.S. can beat COVID-19 someday, there’s far less optimism that leaders can end the gun violence scourge.
“It’s nice that the White House is lowering its flags to half-mast and all, but let’s get real,” says Colleen Lindsay, a volunteer with Everytown for Gun Safety. “That flag may as well live at half-mast.”
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