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After the terrible tragedy in Las Vegas, President Trump ordered flags to be flown at half-staff.

With mourning and vigils just beginning, flags flown at half-staff are just one of many ways we pay homage to victims of gun violence.

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Sadly, we need a very, very long flagpole to account for the all-too-frequent mass shootings in the United States.  (The mass shootings depicted in this cartoon represent just a tiny fraction of the total that have occurred in recent years.)

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