'No Way to Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens

The article was first published on May 27, 2014, following the Isla Vista killings. Struggling to continually satirize mass shootings, Jason Roeder suggested the republished story to reduce emotional trauma for the writers while increasing their impact. The Onion has since republished the article after dozens of mass shootings, changed only to reflect the specifics of each shooting. After The Onion republished the article on February 14, 2018, following the Parkland high school shooting, Roeder wrote that he "had no idea it would be applied to the high school a mile from [his] house". On May 25, 2022, after the Uvalde school shooting, The Onion featured all 21 versions of the article they had written since 2014 on the home page of their website and on their Twitter feed. The homepage feature was repeated after the July 4 Highland Park shooting, when the article count had increased to 25. As of December 2025, it has been published 39 times. == Reception ==

The New York Times wrote in 2017 that "with each use, [the headline] seemed to turn from cheeky political commentary on gun control into a reverberation of despair". The Washington Post wrote that The Onion "appears to capture the frustration and futility felt by so many people" following mass shootings, noting the increased Internet traffic the articles draw and how popular they are on social media. Similarly, Wired mentioned it in an article discussing the power of The Onion satire in the face of gun violence, titled "Only The Onion Can Save Us Now". == List ==

, The Onion has published the article 39 times, each in response to a mass shooting in the United States. == See also ==