![]() ![]() Now, with each mass shooting event at a graduation - or Juneteenth event or music festival or pro sports championship celebration or Sweet 16 birthday party - it becomes increasingly clear that we have veered further away than ever from the innocence and tranquility of bygone days. And in an era before cell phones, if your mother wanted you to come home, the announcer called your name on the pool’s loudspeaker, broadcasting to the entire world that your mom was looking for you, and everybody had a good laugh. Maybe you spent a few lazy hours hanging out at the pool. In blissful summers gone by, if you had absolutely nothing to do, you made something up. I miss the world I knew before mass shootings, when mingling in a crowd during the months of June, July and August meant backyard burgers on a languorous summer afternoon.
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