The macabre choreography of US mass shootings

A scramble to the airport, fighting for the last seat, trying to secure hotel rooms for the team as close to the awful incident as possible.

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Everyone else is doing the same, you see - the country's journalists pouring in to the city, town, village, church, concert where innocents have been mown down.

We will all feel a bit queasy about it, because we know what will happen.

Shock. Grief. Outrage. Who was the gunman? Where did he get the weapon? Why did he do it? A beautiful impromptu memorial. A vigil. Stirring words from politicians. "Surely we cannot pay this price for freedom?"

And then, for reasons I and many others have detailed before, sure as anything, there will be a collective failure to act.Vide

While all of this is going on, we know that communities in the grip of indescribable grief will be so incredibly kind and patient with us as we try to tell their stories, try to piece together what happened, try to honour their loved ones.

And then, we will leave them to cope with shattered bodies and lives. Probably in a few days' time. Back to our homes, to wait for the next one.

Because there will be one.

It is so infuriatingly, utterly senseless.

Doing the same things over and over again and expecting different results.

That's the definition of insanity, isn't it?