The deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history just happened. How should we talk about it?

The deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history just happened. How should we talk about it?
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I don’t even want to discuss it, it sickens me. Makes me want to renounce my citizenship and leave this God Forsaken country for a new start in a more sane nation. But I cant afford to relocate at my age. That’s all I care to say.
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