Can't Ignore: 1,010 US Gun Deaths, 17 Mass Shootings By Jan. 9
By 9th day of the year the National Gun Violence Association has already reported 1,010 hun related deaths, 17 mass shootings, and 1 mass killing.
it should be noted that more than half of all the gun deaths in this time have been determined to be suicides.
There have been 46 children killed and 102 injured by gun violence since the New Year.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/can-t-ignore-1-010-us-gun-deaths-17-mass-shootings-by-jan-9/ar-AA1684P2?cvid=2e2ec2b8ab25446794f80dd0aa7013ac
Off to a roaring start, and the gun crowd couldn't be happier because their "rights" haven't been regulated.
Maraya1969
(22,976 posts)end of every show. Keep hammering it to the American public.
TigressDem
(5,125 posts)And challenge America to do better.
Reach across the isle and give the "put up or shut up" speech....
"Can we at least get the mental health funding to stop the suicides?"
"Can we work together on that?"
AND IF NUMBERS GO DOWN WHEN CONGRESS WORKS TOGETHER....
See? It isn't THAT bad to actually DO our jobs and agree on some basic human terms.
That puts it in the Historical Record anyway.
Harder to white wash it that way.
Maraya1969
(22,976 posts)DashOneBravo
(2,679 posts)With regards to Iraq. I seem to remember the phrase since Mission Accomplished
I think thats a good idea
Maraya1969
(22,976 posts)show
GenXer47
(1,204 posts)A six year old shoots his teacher!
Happy 2023 everyone!
SCantiGOP
(14,173 posts)the problem was there wasnt a good six year old to stop the bad six year old.
Guns for babies!
patphil
(6,895 posts)republianmushroom
(17,279 posts)Duppers
(28,242 posts)I sent this out in an email the other day:
Investigating the Gun Lobby
https://vpc.org/investigating-the-gun-lobby/
Access Denied: How the Gun Lobby is Depriving Police, Policy Makers, and the Public of the Data We Need to Prevent Gun Violence
https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/access-denied-how-gun-lobby-depriving-police-policy-makers-and
Federal Lobbying $ to lawmakers,
1998-2022:
Gun rights: $196.5 million
vs
Gun control: $30.1 million