OPINION: Ignoring another chance to be safer

By: George Ayoub

Outlets: Nebraska Examiner

Published: May 4, 2026

Words: 842

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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The elephant, or, more to the point, the large-caliber weapon in the room, is once again being ignored.

Whatever the metaphor, we witnessed another burst of public gunfire, this time in the nation’s capital, in what is being called an assassination attempt. Gratefully, no one was killed. Crime rates are generally down, but yet we seem to find ourselves here again, with gun violence headlining our days, too often.

Perhaps this latest episode startled …

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