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Opinion: An Outrageous Crime Has Become A Commonplace Event

After the recent shooting at University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NPR's Scott Simon reflects on how common school shootings have become in the United States.
Students and faculty honor the victims of a shooting at the University of North Carolina Charlotte.

I was sitting next to a college chancellor at an event Tuesday night when our cell phones began to beep with the first bulletins about the shootings at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Two students were killed; four were injured.

"My first

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