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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBan? we have bigger threats here at home.
http://www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/total-number-of-incidentsSure, they want to keep us safe.
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Ban? we have bigger threats here at home. (Original Post)
nini
Jun 2017
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Yes we do, but domestic terrorism is so much more profitable.
rgbecker
(4,832 posts)2. On pace for 13,000 dead in 2017.
Let's see: 3000 on 9/11, 2 in Boston, can't count all the others...must be at least 25 others from bombs in 16 years. Thousands a year with guns. By the way, are we counting unhappy gay guy in Florida?
Either way, it's enough to make you sick.
nini
(16,672 posts)4. It boggles the mind that these gun numbers have been normalized
We are one sick society
nini
(16,672 posts)3. We're closing in on 6500 deaths already this year.
Disgusting.
bdamomma
(63,883 posts)5. with so much hatred in the country
this sadly will increase. The Gun lobby will not lift a finger.
malaise
(269,063 posts)6. The latest
nini
(16,672 posts)7. Sad that this is just another day anymore