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Guns, guns everywhere . . . .

This article has been removed as it was accepted for publication by The L.A. Daily Journal and appeared on December 4, 2013. The article discussed the mass killing by Al-Shabab gunmen at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, leaving over 60 dead, the shooting by a mentally unstable navy reservist and contractor with a security access clearance who opened fire at US Navy Yard in Washington, leaving twelve dead and many wounded, the Sandy Hook murders, the Empire State Building shooting, the Norway mass murders and several other high profile, high murder count shootings. It also discussed the NRA, its official mouth piece Wayne Lapierre, and his undeniably offensive rhetoric. Finally, the article discussed the ways in which we try to lead normal lives while inhabiting the new normal.