The Human Trampoline

"The President probably wasn’t told about the shooting, about eight hours earlier, of Ronald Wallace, Jr., in Brooklyn. He was thirteen years old and killed for no reason that his family can discern, they say, going to the store. The Empire State Building may be more visible, but both incidents, and the too many others this summer, point to some truths about guns in America: they escalate situations, whether workplace disputes or a angry man lashing out; they can be highly indiscriminate in the damage they do; and they are everywhere."

~ Amy Davidson at The New Yorker (via flavorpill)

27 August 2012 ·

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