The Valentine’s Day mass shooting at a Parkland, Fla., high school has produced a strong public reaction. Activist high school students are taking a stand against gun violence, holding anti-gun rallies in Tallahassee, Washington and beyond. This victim is part of a larger group of victims that I call a “kin group.” This kin group then acts to counter violence against its members. But now, American schoolchildren have arguably become the new kin group. When a gunman opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, the students had already been socialized to the possibility of gun violence.

Source: Washington Post February 23, 2018 10:52 UTC