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struggle4progress

(118,273 posts) Mon Oct 2, 2017, 10:54 PM Oct 2017

1516 mass shootings in 1735 days

... there were six other mass shootings in America this past week alone.

Data compiled by the Gun Violence Archive reveals .. there is a mass shooting – defined as four or more people shot in one incident, not including the shooter – every nine out of 10 days on average.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2017/oct/02/america-mass-shootings-gun-violence

When could we discuss gun violence without being accused of politicizing the latest mass shooting? Never! There are just too many of them

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1516 mass shootings in 1735 days (Original Post) struggle4progress Oct 2017 OP

Every person who enables this disgusting gun culture should be ashamed of themselves ecstatic Oct 2017 #1

ecstatic

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1. Every person who enables this disgusting gun culture should be ashamed of themselves

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Mon Oct 2, 2017, 11:02 PM

Oct 2017

Apparently, we have to accept this way of life. Any community can morph into a war zone at any moment. I guess it's only fitting, since the USA is responsible for so many war zones across the globe. That's how I'm starting to make sense of and accept our current state of affairs.

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