Gun Deaths in America in 2015 to date, 7171 killed, 14,398 injured. 1,828 children killed/injured.

[Fred Sanders]

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"In the wake of yet another tragic story relating to gun violence in the U.S., Americans are indicating utter exasperation with the state of firearm violence. With the recent indictment of Dylann Roof, allegedly responsible for the shooting in Charleston, S.C., the end of the trial for James Holmes, where jurors found the death penalty to be justified, and now the news of the movie theater shooting in Lafayette, La., it is more than understandable that this issue is at a boiling point. Many have taken to Twitter to condemn the state of gun violence in America. The shooter in Lafayette was identified as 59-year-old John R. Houser, who killed two and injured 12 on Thursday evening.

Almost immediately, social media was flooded with commentary from those who are frustrated, exasperated, and completely fed up with report after report of killings committed with firearms. According to the Gun Violence Archives, there have been 27,931 violent incidents relating guns, 14,398 injuries, and 7,171 deaths in the U.S., just in 2015 alone. The site has produced a map that shows the distribution of gun violence across the country, showing a stark concentration in the Eastern and Southern parts of the U.S."

Gun Deaths, June, 2015



8 Tweets that express America's frustration with gun violence AND nothing being done about it!?

'In retrospect, Sandy Hook marked the end of the U.S. gun control debate. Once America decided killing children was bearable, it was over'
(Dan Hodges@Twitter)

""Tougher gun laws wouldn't have prevented this", says the only First World country where this happens on a regular basis'
(LilyBaileyUK@Twitter)


http://www.bustle.com/articles/99566-8-tweets-that-express-americas-utter-frustration-with-gun-violence-and-whats-not-being-done-about




More grim statistics about gun violence in America:

http://www.gunviolencearchive.org

[Hoyt]

1. Perfectly acceptable to those who need a gun(z) to fondle at home, or to comfort them

when going to Chuck E Cheeze.

Someday, we'll wise up like Australia in 1996 and pass tough gun laws.

[Fred Sanders]

3. Oh, no, you said the magic word - Australia - the machinations of logic the gun lovers will go

through to deny a metamorphic meltdown of guns is impossible....just like taking down the Dixie flag was "impossible", or legalized national gay marriage, I tell them.

[alcibiades_mystery]

2. That tweet is quite right: Sandy Hook showed us that nothing is too horrible for the gun fetishists

You cannot invent a scenario horrible enough for them to reflect even an instant on their fetish.

Nothing touches them.

After Sandy Hook, that became clear.

[leftyladyfrommo]

4. Why is it so much worse in the East?

More heavily populated? Or is there some other reason.

I don't just don't get this whole being in love with guns mentality. My father was a gun safety instructor. But his guns were just tools to him. He would no more have taken the guns out into public than fly. And he would have gotten us out of any area were someone showed up just carrying a gun so fast. He would have found that scenario incredibly dangerous.

We had lots of friends who hunted but they weren't in love with their guns. They used them to hunt and then put them back up again.

I just don't understand.