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After Aurora, Michael Tomasky on the Country the NRA Wants to See

FUTURE VISION

Every time there’s a senseless shooting, politicians piously declare we should ensure it never happens again. But don’t bet on it. This is the shoot-‘em-up America we live in now.

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If there’s one thing I hate hearing at times like this, it’s that violin-music language about how we must work to ensure that something like the

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