Commentary: Our children can handle mass shootings. And that’s a shame

A child is carried as mourners take part in a vigil for the victims of a mass shooting at the Star Dance Studio on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, in Monterey Park, California. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

For anyone worried about how children handle mass shootings like the one in Monterey Park, I have an answer: Probably better than American children of any previous generation.

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