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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDay 212 of the year (to 31 July): Mass shootings* SO FAR: 262.
Dead: 258. Wounded: 1, 162
*mass shooting defined as 4 or more dead or wounded, including the gunman.
WE'RE NUMBER ONE!!!
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Day 212 of the year (to 31 July): Mass shootings* SO FAR: 262. (Original Post)
niyad
Aug 2025
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LoisB
(12,163 posts)1. If I weren't so ornery, I'd be afraid to leave my house.
niyad
(129,019 posts)2. I know what you mean, but I refuse to let the bastards win without a fight!
LoisB
(12,163 posts)3. Right there with you on that. I'm too old and mean to be afraid.
niyad
(129,019 posts)4. Left there with you, my Sister!
Do you remember a take-off in an old prayer: "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of deaath, I fear no evil, for I am the meanest Bitch in the valley."
LoisB
(12,163 posts)5. Never heard that one but it will be incorporated into my daily life.