The Story Behind The Onion’s Famous Gun Violence Headline

After nearly every mass shooting in the U.S., the satirical news site The Onion runs the headline: “No Way to Prevent This Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens.” Jason Roeder, who was an Onion writer and editor, tells Inside Edition Digital, “I just remember jotting down this headline in frustration” after a 2014 shooting in Isla Vista, California. Since then, the headline has run over 30 times. “It was just a way of expressing the continuing anguish and grief,” Roeder said.