Slate and the Twitter feed @GunDeaths continue their project of collecting data to determine the number of U.S. deaths by guns since the Newtown shooting on December 14, 2012, and as of today, at about 2:30 Central, the total was at 4,236. You can see a graph, a “deaths by city” interactive map, and additional [...]
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Guns Don’t Kill Kids, Kids Kill Kids? [Video]
Reading “A Rifle Designed for Kids” at The Daily Banter made me wonder: Can the often used, “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people” line be reworded to reflect one subheading of such killing – “Guns don’t kill kids, kids kill kids”? That feels as if I may be going “too far,” that maybe it’s [...]
‘Mass’ Accidental Shootings at Gun Shows
There hasn’t been an actual accidental “mass shooting” at gun shows. But there has been another person accidentally shooting himself at such a show. I don’t know when “mass” can be legitimately used, but this seems fairly significant to me. The Des Moines Register reports: An Iowa gun dealer was hospitalized after he accidentally shot [...]
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