Mr. King’s frustration with gun violence and his feeling of helplessness for our country are not unique, but they are born more from exhaustion than reality. I reject his view that “there is no solution to the gun problem.”

With Uvalde haunting school district board members and administrators daily, it’s challenging to respond when people ask if their kids are safe at school. You want to say yes. But you also hope your district is doing enough.

School shootings, especially elementary school shootings, are rare. But as parents, we don’t play odds. Here are practical ideas to help you manage concerns over the new school year.

In the aftermath of the wrenching tragedy in Uvalde, it’s clear that, nearly 10 years after Sandy Hook, we must ask ourselves if the training designed to safeguard us against killers in our schools is the training that is working.

It’s fair to acknowledge that gun violence happens across the globe but in the United States we might make more headway on fighting gun violence if we accept violent and self-inflicted gun deaths are our new normal.