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shenmue

(38,506 posts)
Sat Sep 28, 2013, 11:30 AM Sep 2013

There's a war going on...

Something to think about:

With thousands of gun deaths in this country every year, that is the equivalent of having a long war on our own soil.

We don't call it civil war, but why not?

If this many people died in combat against a foreign country, we would know what label to put on it.

So why is everyone scared to call the gun deaths in this country what they are?

Just a thought.

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There's a war going on... (Original Post) shenmue Sep 2013 OP
The scariest part is how numb America is becoming to gun violence/mass killings. JaneyVee Sep 2013 #1
Most are suicides Mojorabbit Sep 2013 #2
More fatalities from guns than all the wars BainsBane Sep 2013 #3
An interesting video... rrneck Sep 2013 #4

Mojorabbit

(16,020 posts)
2. Most are suicides
Sat Sep 28, 2013, 02:56 PM
Sep 2013

I am hoping with the ACA people who would not have had access to care will be able to now.

BainsBane

(53,026 posts)
3. More fatalities from guns than all the wars
Sat Sep 28, 2013, 03:01 PM
Sep 2013

More Americans have died from gun shots since 1968 than from all the wars in US history combined.

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