In fact, all wealthy industrialized nations have populations of teens and young adults playing exactly the same video games as in the US. In almost all wealthy industrialized nations, schools are entirely secular, without any classroom devotion.

But only one wealthy industrialized nation is suffering an epidemic of mass shootings, the United States.

The only difference between us and everyone else is the ready availability of assault weapons and other guns.

Everything else is deflection. Walmart knows it. Politicians know it. We all know it.

The shootings aren’t going to slow down until we dramatically reduce the number of guns in circulation.

That’s not a popular fact for some people to admit. But it’s nonetheless a fact.