2012 was a horrific year for mass shootings. Americans were shocked by an April spree at a religious school in Oakland that killed seven; the brutal theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado, in July that killed 12; the Sikh Temple massacre in Wisconsin in August that claimed six lives; and the September Minneapolis sign-plant slaughter of five; among others. It became almost hard to call these episodes shocking as summer turned to fall—just another expected part of the news landscape, like political scandals or Middle East bombings.
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