The American tragedy of gun violence that President Obama has futilely tried to address during his tenure in office has once again reared its ugly head in Florida. It is repeatedly being described as either the worst mass shooting on American soil or in the history of the United States.

Sadly, at Wounded Knee in South Dakota in 1890, more than 200 Native American men, women, and children were brutally massacred by cannon and rifle fire.

Why is this not considered when such statements are repetitively presented?

CHARLES RITZBERG

Richmond