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And it's only February . . .
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-dr-susan-brooks-thistlethwaite/drowning-in-blood-kalamaz_b_9286682.html
Drowning in Blood: Kalamazoo and the Other 41 Mass Shootings This Year
The mass shooting in Kalamazoo, Michigan that killed six and seriously wounded two others is the 42nd in 2016 according to the Washington Post on February 21, 2016.
Yes, that's right. It's only February.
Americans kill each other with guns well beyond these mass murders. The Gun Violence Archive lists 1,740 gun deaths and 3,396 injuries in 2016.
It's only February.
Drowning in Blood: Kalamazoo and the Other 41 Mass Shootings This Year
The mass shooting in Kalamazoo, Michigan that killed six and seriously wounded two others is the 42nd in 2016 according to the Washington Post on February 21, 2016.
Yes, that's right. It's only February.
Americans kill each other with guns well beyond these mass murders. The Gun Violence Archive lists 1,740 gun deaths and 3,396 injuries in 2016.
It's only February.
5,136 people shot this year and yeah, it's only February. Considering that the direct medical costs associated with a gunshot wound is about $Million that's $3,396,000,000 coming out of our medical profession so far this year. And yeah, it's only February.
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And it's only February . . . (Original Post)
flamin lib
Feb 2016
OP
JonathanRackham
(1,604 posts)1. The list from Chicago alone is staggering.
flamin lib
(14,559 posts)2. And NOLA is even worse than Chitown. nt
mgmaggiemg
(869 posts)3. thank-you for posting this