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Enough Is Enough
By Charles M. Blow
Opinion Columnist
May 20, 2018
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“In 2016, there were more than 38,000 gun-related deaths in the U.S. — 4,000 more than 2015, the new C.D.C. report on preliminary mortality data shows. Most gun-related deaths — about two-thirds — in America are suicides, but an Associated Press analysis of F.B.I. data shows there were about 11,000 gun-related homicides in 2016, up from 9,600 in 2015. The increase in gun-related deaths follows a nearly 15-year period of relative stasis.”
Furthermore, according to an April F.B.I. report: “The F.B.I. has designated 50 shootings in 2016 and 2017 as active shooter incidents. Twenty incidents occurred in 2016, while 30 incidents occurred in 2017.” The state with the largest number of those active shooters — six — was, you guessed it, Texas.
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But as politicians in Washington have made clear that they have no desire to address this issue, no desire to stand up to the N.R.A., no desire to stop treating these deaths as collateral damage, those seeking change must change tactics.
People seeking common sense gun control must become single-issue voters on gun control. Support for more restrictions may not be the only reason to vote for a candidate, but it must be sufficient to vote against one.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/20/opinion/santa-fe-school-shooting.html?
“In 2016, there were more than 38,000 gun-related deaths in the U.S. — 4,000 more than 2015, the new C.D.C. report on preliminary mortality data shows. Most gun-related deaths — about two-thirds — in America are suicides, but an Associated Press analysis of F.B.I. data shows there were about 11,000 gun-related homicides in 2016, up from 9,600 in 2015. The increase in gun-related deaths follows a nearly 15-year period of relative stasis.”
Furthermore, according to an April F.B.I. report: “The F.B.I. has designated 50 shootings in 2016 and 2017 as active shooter incidents. Twenty incidents occurred in 2016, while 30 incidents occurred in 2017.” The state with the largest number of those active shooters — six — was, you guessed it, Texas.
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But as politicians in Washington have made clear that they have no desire to address this issue, no desire to stand up to the N.R.A., no desire to stop treating these deaths as collateral damage, those seeking change must change tactics.
People seeking common sense gun control must become single-issue voters on gun control. Support for more restrictions may not be the only reason to vote for a candidate, but it must be sufficient to vote against one.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/20/opinion/santa-fe-school-shooting.html?
Enough is enough! Gun violence is increasing, and the NRA terrorist organization, aided by corrupt politicians, is killing our children. All NRA bought-and-paid-for politicians must be replaced.