from Google Maps

Yes, it’s as American as baseball or apple pie.

• A local sports team/athlete scores a big win
• A home-town celebration kicks off honoring the team/individual
• Shots ring out, leaving revelers dead or wounded

In this case, it was a Kansas City, MO, parade to celebrate the back-to-back Super Bowl wins of the city’s football team.

Currently (next day), one confirmed dead and 20 others wounded, including a number of children. According to the Associated Press, more than 800 law enforcement officials were part of the crowd (working the event).

It’s a uniquely American problem, and we collectively seem to have less and less of a desire to pursue a solution.

As Kurt Vonnegut would write, “and so it goes…”