Mass Gun Violence and Grief
Gun violence, Survivor Guilt, Grief Mandi Zucker Gun violence, Survivor Guilt, Grief Mandi Zucker

Mass Gun Violence and Grief

“I mean all I have to say is that I am heartbroken. People keep on saying that it’s naive to say, ‘I didn’t think it would ever happen here,’ but I truly didn’t. You could never understand it if you haven’t had it happen to you…I just feel numb and disconnected.” 

That’s what my friend Hannah, a resident of Highland Park Illinois, told me a few weeks after the Highland Park shooting on the Fourth of July. She was not at the parade when the shooting occurred. But the effects of grief she feels for her community are very real. 

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