Massacres by damaged young men dominate the headlines. But the reality of gun violence in America is etched in sorrow by the ceaseless daily grind of pointless shootings — 2022 will see more than 20,000 Americans dead by gun homicide. And another 24,000+ will have used a gun to kill themselves.
Consider that as I write this, there are over 1,000 Americans alive today who will be shot dead by the time the sun rises on Christmas morning. Dear readers, I hope none of them are you. — Written by TheCriticalMind on Daily Kos.
RESPONSE from dogperson necturus Dec 06, 2022 at 02:52:03 PM
One very simple response which may not stop crimes nor shootings but should still be instituted at the very least is to treat guns, rifles and the like as we do automobiles. That means: a) they must be registered. b) if sold or transferred that must be recorded and new registrations effected c) Licenses must be obtained. To get a license one must be of a certain age and prove they understand the law regarding usage and they understand how to use it properly and safely. Minors under age are not to have access any more than your 9 year old is allowed to drive your car. d) Gun owners and licenses should require that insurance be obtained. Insurance is there to safeguard any accidents or mishandling and recompense those who suffer harm as a result. e) Owners who are reckless or negligent may be subject to losing their license. Just as one is subject to losing or having a driver’s license suspended for DWI’s or other incidents whereby driver’s have too violated laws of the road, etc. f) there are limitations on where a gun should be allowed just as one cannot drive their car on someone else’s private property or drive through another’s home. Thus, weapons should not be allowed in crowded public areas or arenas. (Schools, Theaters, Malls, Office buildings, or on mass transit buses, trains, planes, subways) etc.
If nothing else it puts parents and others are on notice they are responsible for those weapons and securing them from minors or others. They are responsible for harm caused by their weapons and stolen weapons are reported.
For those who claim they have a right and the government cannot take it away well I have had a motor vehicle for my entire adult life and I am no kid. The state has never moved to take it away. Perhaps that is because I try to observe the normal rules of behaviors.
GUN VIOLENCE ARCHIVE 2022
Evidence Based Research – since 2013 PUBLISHED DATE: December 06, 2022
- Total Number of GV Deaths – ALL Causes4
41,266
- Homicide/Murder/Unintentional/DGU1
18,826
- Suicide3
22,440
- Total Number of Injuries1
36,326
- Mass Shootings2
622
- Mass Murders2
36
- Number of Children (age 0-11)1
Killed300
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Injured650
- Number of Teens (age 12-17)1
Killed1,271
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Injured3,556
- Officer Involved Incident1
Killed63
- Officer Killed or Injured
Injured320
- Officer Involved Incident1
Killed1,302
- Subject-Suspect Killed or Injured
Injured811
- Defensive Use2
1,077
- Unintentional Shooting2
1,489
- Murder/Suicides Incidents2
628
Gun violence and crime incidents are collected/validated from 7,500 sources daily – Incident Reports and their source data are found at the gunviolencearchive.org website.
Footnotes
- Number of source verified deaths and injuries
- Number of INCIDENTS reported and verified
- Calculation based on CDC Suicide Data
- Actual total of all non-suicide deaths plus daily calculated suicide deaths
All numbers are subject to change or incidents recategorized as new evidence is established and verified.
METHODOLOGY & DEFINITIONS AVAILABLE AT:
https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/methodology
http://www.gunviolencearchive.org
http://www.facebook.com/gunviolencearchive
On Twitter @gundeaths
Data Sources Verified: December 04, 2022
The Texas Group Waging a National Crusade Against Climate Action
The Texas Public Policy Foundation is shaping laws, running influence campaigns and taking legal action in a bid to promote fossil fuels.
Just thought you’d like to know. New York Times … i PLAN TO DO AN ENTIRE POST ON WHAT MANY STATES ARE DOING TO COUNTER CLIMATE CHANGE, unless another blogger on wordpress does it first…After I make more progress on my nascent novel
[In a separate source, Mr. Kreifels declined an interview but said in a statement that concerns other issues like climate change were “putting politics over profits, and likely reducing shareholder value.”]
(Shame shame, shame, putting anything before profits and reducing shareholder value, even while the world as we know it is progressing on its route to destruction by its own inhabitants. They say Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Today, in the United States, we are….)
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Nan, thanks for the stats. They are sad are they not? Keith
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I read that the NRA’s records are so tight no one knows how many members they have. Do we have a Supreme Court VERSUS our democracy now?
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No words 😶😣😩😡😫😟
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Nan, thanks for sharing the gun shooting data, sad as it is. Keith
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