Josh Campbell is a CNN analyst covering national security issues. He previously served as a supervisory special agent with the FBI, special assistant to the bureau's director and is the author of a forthcoming book on the origins of the FBI's Russia investigation. Follow him on Twitter at @joshscampbell. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion at CNN.

(CNN) "If you look at the numbers, we're looking at an active shooter every other week in this country," said Christopher Combs, the lead FBI agent in charge of federal resources assisting in the investigation of Saturday's deadly mass shooting in Texas.

His chilling comments about the state of violence in America come after seven people were killed and at least 22 injured when a gunman opened fire with an AR-type assault rifle along a West Texas stretch of highway.

Much remains unknown about the 36-year-old shooter -- law enforcement sources tell me authorities have yet to establish a motive -- but the latest incident follows a recent cycle of carnage in this country.

Mass murder in America is now predictable, and each incident follows a pattern you can set your watch to: a shooter guns down innocents, family and friends bury their loved ones, communities grieve, many politicians offer empty thoughts and prayers, little to no legislative action is taken -- and people move on until the next one.

With the Texas shooting happening at the same time a powerful Category 5 hurricane approaches the eastern United States, it occurs to me that our response to gun violence in the modern era isn't that different from how we prepare for violent storms.

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