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E.J. Dionne: On gun violence, we are a failed state

In no other country is the phrase “thoughts and prayers” a sacrilege, a cover for cowardice.

People hug as they pay homage at the memorial crosses, for the 17 deceased students and faculty from the Wednesday shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Fla., Friday, Feb. 16, 2018. Nikolas Cruz, a former student, was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder on Thursday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)