Local Paper Offers Grim Lafayette Assessment

On the first Sunday following, the Shreveport Times paints a worrisome front-page picture.

ShreveportTimes_07_26On the front page of Sunday’s Shreveport Times, the headline makes abundantly clear the gist of Adam Duvernay’s analysis. It reads: “Grand 16 Shooting WON’T CHANGE A THING.”

From the piece:

“Nothing at all will change. It never does,” said Bob Mann, a political observer, journalist and chair of LSU’s Manship School of Mass Communication. “We cry and hug and shrug and move on. It’s the American way.” …

In 2013, people killed 446 people in Louisiana with guns, according to statistics collected by the U.S.

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