Six people – 3 children aged 9yo and 3 adult staffers in the 60s – were killed in a mass shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, prompting fresh scrutiny of the high level of gun violence in America. The shooter, 28yo former student Audrey Hale (who reports say was transgender), was killed during gunfire with police. Officials say “resentment” may have been a motive and noted that Katherine Koonce, the head of the school, was killed in the attack. Hale had bought 7 guns legally and planned the massacre meticulously – and unlike last year’s Robb Elementary massacre in Uvalde, Texas, the police response was swift. The shooting at the private Christian school marks the 129th mass shooting in the US this year alone. US President Joe Biden said lawmakers “need to do more to protect our schools” and has called on Congress to pass a ban on certain semi-automatic weapons.