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10. We had 22,900 murders in 2021

Tue Jan 24, 2023, 09:05 PM

Jan 2023

So that’s almost 63 murders a day. And that’s way down from the 70s-90s! We’re a very violent society, awash in guns.

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I have to say, the latest shooting in Half Moon Bay [View all] senseandsensibility Jan 2023 OP

At some point most of the US will have PTSD from gun violence. Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #1

LIHOP Marthe48 Jan 2023 #2

Every mass shooting is a free marketing event for the gun industry. Demobrat Jan 2023 #4

Some, at least the ramped-up hate-filled rhetoric, is more MIHOP. niyad Jan 2023 #8

I was thinking of that after I posted Marthe48 Jan 2023 #11

Thank You For This ConstanceCee Jan 2023 #3

Thank you. senseandsensibility Jan 2023 #17

We need so much more than gun laws. SleeplessinSoCal Jan 2023 #5

It's actually hard to keep up with all these. usonian Jan 2023 #6

It's only the mass shootings that we usually hear about. OMGWTF Jan 2023 #7

Mother Jones database includes injured mnhtnbb Jan 2023 #19

We had 22,900 murders in 2021 Elessar Zappa Jan 2023 #10

All the shootings in Chicago EVERY weekend Raine Jan 2023 #13

flooding 2 weeks ago BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 2023 #12

Thank you so much. senseandsensibility Jan 2023 #14

agree republianmushroom Jan 2023 #15