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CousinIT

(9,257 posts) Sun Oct 28, 2018, 05:11 PM Oct 2018

There have been 47,220 gun incidents in the U.S. in 2018 -- and here they all are on one map

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/there-have-been-47220-gun-incidents-in-the-us-in-2018-and-here-they-all-are-on-one-map-2018-10-27

As rich, advanced and accomplished as the country might be, the U.S. has somehow not been up to the task of coping with the plague of gun violence.

But as the nation comes to grips with yet another mass murder carried out by an angry man with a deadly weapon, it is perhaps time to review how often Americans turn to guns to express discontent, hate and prejudice against their compatriots.

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There have been 47,220 gun incidents in the U.S. in 2018 -- and here they all are on one map (Original Post) CousinIT Oct 2018 OP

Right Wing Extremists win the murder rate prize. magicarpet Oct 2018 #1

magicarpet

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1. Right Wing Extremists win the murder rate prize.

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Sun Oct 28, 2018, 05:34 PM

Oct 2018

New York, NY, January 17, 2018… The number of white supremacist murders in the United States more than doubled in 2017 compared to the previous year, far surpassing murders committed by domestic Islamic extremists and making 2017 the fifth deadliest year on record for extremist violence since 1970.

https://www.adl.org/news/press-releases/adl-report-white-supremacist-murders-more-than-doubled-in-2017

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