SR: Carnage Continues Unabated

Dylann Roof appears via video before a judge in Charleston, S.C., on Friday. The 21-year-old accused of killing nine people inside a black church in Charleston made his first court appearance. (Centralized Bond Hearing Court, of Charleston, S.C. via AP)

Another mass shooting. Another round of paralysis. These all-too-common tragedies have come to produce paint-by-numbers responses. A young man walks into a church, participates in a Bible study session and mows down nine people. It’s horrifying. Just like the last one. It’s unthinkable. Just like the last one. It will spark a dead-end debate. If we let it. Americans numbed to these atrocities must shake it off. Sadly, even President Barack Obama seems resigned. We’re trained to expect a stalemate after each mass shooting. We don’t look at the problem as cumulative, but over the past three decades, the toll has been sickening/ Spokesman-Review Editorial Board . More here .

Question: Can anything be done to stop the carnage?