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from ABC News:
One of the most depressing aspects of the shooting rampage at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., is just how familiar it all is to the American experience.
We've seen it so many times, the body counts, the candlelight vigils, the search for motive, the gun control debate. The numbers may be different this time - 12 dead, four guns, 6,000 rounds of ammunition purchased online - but in an effort to put this heartbreak into a national context, here are some other numbers to consider.
In America, over one dozen guns are legally sold every minute of every day.
There are almost 300 million privately-owned firearms in this country - that's almost enough to arm every man, woman and child - but while there is a gun in four out of every 10 of American homes, only a small percentage of owners have most of the weapons, with the average collection swelling in recent years to around seven guns per owner. .............(more)
The complete piece is at: http://news.yahoo.com/gun-deaths-familiar-american-experience-143015822--abc-news-topstories.html?_esi=1
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Gun Deaths: A Familiar American Experience (Original Post)
marmar
Jul 2012
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Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)1. The proliferation of guns
is the "terrorism" we're willing to conveniently overlook. Imagine of all the daily gun deaths were to take place at one time, in one spot. It would make 9/11 look like an insignificant fracas. But since the onslaught is spread across our 50 states, it's no big deal.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)2. The McVeigh soup simmers. nt
SoutherDem
(2,307 posts)3. What am I missing?
We have enough guns to almost put one in every American's hands, I think I saw 8.8 guns for every 10 people.
Only 4 out of ten American homes have a gun.
If you own 1 gun your are likely to own 7 guns.
So in reality a minority of Americans owns the guns but 70+% support gun ownership?
What am I missing?