Meanwhile as we have been distracted by Highland Park's tragedy . . .
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In the last 72 hours there have been 413 other shootings. The number of victims ranged from 1 to 5.
You can read about every one of them here: https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/last-72-hours On the far right you can click on 'source' to read the report on each of them.
What does each one of these tragedies have in common? A gun.
Since the '70s the gun makers have promoted more and more lethal weaponry. Before that guns were marketed for hunting and sport shooting. Now the emphasis is on 'self defense' which emphasizes lethallity of rate of fire and number of rounds in the magazine. Back in the '50s a gunshot victim had one, maybe two, wounds. Now the number is routinely 5 or more. Back then the standard issue police side arm was a .38 six shot revolver. Now it's a 19 round semi-auto. That makes it possible for police to shoot a suspect 60 times.
But still, we can't forget all the 'good' guns do. Every day, on average, one of the approximately 175 shootings was a 'defensive gun use'. One.
When will the RKBA crowd admit that it really is the guns, the sheer number and incredible lethallity?
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What it says on the meme ...
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My sensibilities are not the least bit bruised by your sense of humor. If you spell as badly as I do you kinda' get used to it
I just think I should keep one cause to a meme or one meme to a cause as it were.
