Sir: Another school shooting has rocked the US. This is a phenomenon which many analysts are calling exclusively American, since school shootings do not happen anywhere else in the world with such frequency. Politicians and activists in the US blame a number of different things for such incidents. In the 1990’s, after the Columbine School Shooting — the first high profile case of its kind, many mainstream politicians blamed Satanism and “Rock and Roll” music for the gruesome incident. Today the narrative has changed. Democrats blame the lack of gun control laws, whereas Republicans want to preserve the US’ lax gun control laws because that is what their voter base wants. Meanwhile, the violence continues. I wonder what it will take for the Republican’s to make the right decision! HASSAN MURTAZA Lahore Published in Daily Times, February 19th 2018.