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AndyS

(14,559 posts)
Wed Nov 16, 2022, 11:46 AM Nov 2022

Data point with a personal touch.

DATA POINT
1,466 — the number of American children and teenagers shot and killed in 2022. [Gun Violence Archive]


Texas Girl Getting Snack at Home Was Killed by Bullet from Outside, Man Who Targeted Wrong Home Sentenced

Brandoniya Bennett, 9, of Dallas, was getting ready for the first day of school when she was shot and killed in her own townhouse




Link to story.

This won't end until our lobby is bigger than their lobby. It's not the voters, it's not gun owners vs gun safety. It's the gun industry and their lobby that buys and sells not only guns but legislators.

Find a group to support with your money.
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Data point with a personal touch. (Original Post) AndyS Nov 2022 OP
Oh god, such a sad story. Her life over before it ever got off the ground. All the promise, gone. CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2022 #1
Disgusting. Karadeniz Nov 2022 #2
Americans could demand an end to gun violence. Irish_Dem Nov 2022 #3
Republican response: "CRIME" live love laugh Nov 2022 #4
+++nt brer cat Nov 2022 #5

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,699 posts)
1. Oh god, such a sad story. Her life over before it ever got off the ground. All the promise, gone.
Wed Nov 16, 2022, 11:52 AM
Nov 2022

It makes me sad and angry, all at once.

I have found some groups to support......but it's too late for Brandoniya Bennett.

Still, her unwarranted death motivates me!



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