Gun violence hits close for Onion writer who mocked America's response to it

The author of an often-recycled Onion headline about gun violence tweeted that he lives within walking distance of the Florida school where 17 people were killed Wednesday.

Since 2014, the satirical news site has run this caustic headline every time a U.S. mass shooting occurs: "'No way to prevent this,' says only nation where this regularly happens."

When I wrote this headline, I had no idea it would be applied to the high school a mile from my house. https://t.co/Vm1jCaiugo — Jason Roeder (@jasonroeder) February 15, 2018

The story accompanying the headline is also recycled, with the date, location and casualty numbers updated.

Jason Roeder, the former Onion senior writer who wrote the headline, posted the following on Twitter after the shooting: "When I wrote this headline, I had no idea it would be applied to the high school a mile from my house."

That day has come over and over. https://t.co/GwYQ1niUDC — Jason Roeder (@jasonroeder) February 14, 2018

Roeder also posted several other gun violence-related tweets in the wake of the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

Americans, who make up 4.4 percent of the world's population, account for half of the civilian-owned guns in the world.

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There have been 18 school gun incidents this year, according to the nonprofit gun-control advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety. Everytown counts all incidents of a gun discharging at a school campus in its tally.