The Columbian reports

Two weeks ago, in the wake of a mass shooting in Southern California, satirical online newspaper The Onion sadly, poignantly, strikingly summed up the United States’ gun culture. The headline: “ ‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens.” The truth of that statement would be humorous if it were not so painful. We have a problem in this country, and our failure to deal with it is shameful.

The latest example arrives from Reynolds High School in Troutdale, Ore., where a gunman killed a student Tuesday. This came two days after five people, including two police officers and the two perpetrators, were killed in Las Vegas. Which came three days after a student was shot to death at Seattle Pacific University. Which came weeks after the rampage that left seven dead in Isla Vista, Calif.

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We think this nation is better than that. We think we can enact background checks to help keep guns out of the hands of lunatics. We think the Second Amendment can coexist with reasonable measures to protect the public. Will gun control keep guns out of the hands of all bad guys? Will it eliminate mass shootings in public places? Will it create a utopian fantasy land? Of course not. There is no perfect solution. But it’s shameful if we don’t even try.

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