Another Shooting Tragedy

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/04/opinion/shooting-youtube.html

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To the Editor:

Re “A Shooting at YouTube’s Offices Rattles Silicon Valley” (news article, April 4):

The shooting on Tuesday at YouTube’s headquarters in California is among the latest to draw the attention of the national news media since the Parkland, Fla., school shooting, and was accompanied by the usual “thoughts and prayers.”

Countless deaths continue to be routine in inner cities and receive much less attention.

The terms “active shooter,” “shooting survivor,” “lone shooter,” “mass shooting,” “lockdown,” “magazine” and “bump stock” have sadly become part of our lexicon.

The numbing of Americans to gun violence is unique to our country, and the inaction by Congress to protect us is a national tragedy.

FELICE BUSTOOCEAN GROVE, N.J.