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Commentary: Two days, two mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio — just another weekend in America

It's curious that in response to mass violence so many people struggle to find ways to put on a brave face, or to deflect the real issues.

In Dayton, Ohio, a common refrain this morning is that it could have been worse. A masked man in body armor carrying large-capacity magazines opened fire with a .223 caliber rifle on unsuspecting late-night partiers in a bar district, killing at least nine and wounding an

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