American Turkey Shoot - Guns Don't Kill People, Americans Do - American Domestic Mass killings

This almost isn't news any more.

 

If every citizen rode around in an armoured personnel carrier 24/7 this wouldn't have happened.

 

We should just have a US Shootings thread and keep it all in there given how common they are.

 

Seems like there is one every week.

 

Reported. Hundreds of shootings go unreported. The numbers are staggering.

 

This needs a weather forecast style update every day on expected mass shootings somewhere in the US. Otherwise it just feels like someone's getting very hyperactive with looking for an excuse to impose draconian laws and disarm the entire country. It's like Obama wants guns banned before he runs out of office to do it.

 

Around 100 people on average die in America from gun related deaths every DAY (suicides included). It'd be headline news if there wasn't any shootings.

 

Tragically.

30,000 a year, isn't it?

Nuts.

 

Came across this map of mass public shootings in the US since Sandy Hook.

http://www.vox.com/a/mass-shootings-sandy-hook

Terrifying.

 

Yeah, I think it's about that killed by guns every year, and about double that injured.

 

They're conservative figures as well. It tends to be more than 30,000 and more like treble injured.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States

More than 1 per day in MASS shootings alone. So this may as well be a daily thread.

 

All 3 shooters reported to be white males, so zippy won't be commenting on this one.

 

There are, but the NRA has infected both sides of Congress.

 

"Thoughts and Prayers" really not having a great response rate, huh?

 

Early reports of the Paris shootings were of 'white males' too. The police have suggested the shooting is domestic terrorism though.

 

Yeah must be a great comfort to the families knowing that while Uncle Buck may be dead at least they have been thought of and had prayers for them.