Mass shootings are happening more often in the U.S., but tighter national gun control seems impossible to achieve. An Australian in New York recounts his country’s response to a massacre.
Sometimes the fight’s over classroom setting, sometimes over a child eating their meals through a straw. Often it involves lawyers, frantic parents and a strained school system.
The borough’s melting-pot makeup and authorities’ willingness to label crimes as hateful are reasons why Kings County often reports more hate crimes than most states.
