(The United States could easily do the same, as I explained in a recent column.) View all New York Times newsletters. The United States suffers from an epidemic of shooting deaths, which are nearly nonexistent elsewhere. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyBy now, you’ve probably heard about the at least 17 people, mostly high-school students, murdered in South Florida yesterday. Here’s the truth: The teenagers killed in Florida yesterday had the misfortune of growing up — of trying to grow up — in a country that didn’t care enough about their lives.

Source: New York Times February 15, 2018 12:33 UTC