Students, escorted by armed police, are led out of Arapahoe High School after a shooting on the campus in Centennial, Colo., on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson said the shooter shot two others at the school, before apparently killing himself. (AP Photo/The Denver Post, Craig F. Walker) MAGS OUT; TV OUT; INTERNET OUT; NO SALES; NEW YORK POST OUT; NEW YORK DAILY NEWS OUT

Letter of the Day: Senseless violence

Senseless violence

EDITOR: The phrase "senseless violence" is used almost every day in the news. We heard it yet again last week on the anniversary of the Sandy Hook school massacre when another shooting took place in a Colorado high school.

Senseless violence is a time-honored tradition with gun-addicted Americans, of course. But I hope we never get to the point where this type of thing becomes the new normal: commemorating one senseless act of violence with another.

Thank you, National Rifle Association. Thank you, Congress. Your solid, incestuous relationship seems, indeed, too big to fail.

CHRIS LUCAS

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