Fourth of July weekend again brings hundreds of shootings

[AndyS]

Fourth of July weekend again brings hundreds of shootings. The holiday weekend saw more than 500 shootings nationwide, including nearly 200 people killed and over 550 injured in a 72-hour period starting on July 3, according to the Gun Violence Archive. The violence included several high-casualty mass shootings across the country, including 12 people shot, one fatally, in Toledo, Ohio; 8 people injured in Fort Worth, Texas; and 9 people shot, two fatally, in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Chicago reported that at least 95 people were shot, including two police officers. Oakland’s police chief characterized the holiday as “12 hours of nonstop chaos,” blaming celebratory gunfire for most of the shootings in the city.

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Is there really anything I can add other than What is wrong with us?

[Blue Owl]

1. USA! USA! USA!

This country is broken...

[Ocelot II]

2. We're Number One!

But not in a good way. And sometimes we're full of Number Two.

[Aristus]

3. What could be more American than a bunch of drunken morons blasting everything in sight

with their Constitutionally-protected guns?

[Turbineguy]

4. The freedom to get shot

our most precious flower.