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(12,286 posts) Tue Mar 23, 2021, 06:41 PM Mar 2021

Do you personally know someone who was killed by a gun? [View all]

Not just mass shootings, but robberies, assaults, domestic violence, accidents, and suicides too.

Guns of all stripes and sizes kill so many Americans a year it is truly mind boggling that we just shrug and ignore it like it’s normal.

IT IS NOT NORMAL.

There are hundreds of other countries on this planet that don’t have this scourge.

I feel like I am a statistical Anomaly and do not know anyone killed by a firearm.

So if you have known someone killed by a gun in any form please share your story.

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Do you personally know someone who was killed by a gun? [View all] SoonerPride Mar 2021 OP

Yes. Two. One was a suicide. dameatball Mar 2021 #1

Yes. My son's father was murdered tulipsandroses Mar 2021 #36

How terrible for you and your son. Demsrule86 Mar 2021 #57

That is just terrible. SoonerPride Mar 2021 #68

That is so awful. I am so sorry. SoonerPride Mar 2021 #67

Yes SoCalDavidS Mar 2021 #2

That is just terrible. SoonerPride Mar 2021 #70

The teenage kids were playing with a gun, not locked up... Bluethroughu Mar 2021 #3

Perhaps insurance companies could not insure gun owners SoonerPride Mar 2021 #71

Insurance companies like making money fescuerescue Mar 2021 #102

I've known 5. Three were suicide, one was accidental and one was a drug deal gone bad. Arkansas Granny Mar 2021 #4

Good lord. That's just awful. SoonerPride Mar 2021 #72

Yes. One suicide and another suicide by police DenaliDemocrat Mar 2021 #5

How terrible. I am so sorry. SoonerPride Mar 2021 #73

No. LizBeth Mar 2021 #6

Yes... FalloutShelter Mar 2021 #7

Good lord. I am so sorry. SoonerPride Mar 2021 #74

Thank you FalloutShelter Mar 2021 #88

Two people Siwsan Mar 2021 #8

Oh that is just awful. SoonerPride Mar 2021 #75

Death by firearm rate is about 12 per 100,000 population annually. Klaralven Mar 2021 #9

But clearly a lot of people have been affected by gun deaths SoonerPride Mar 2021 #76

Your OP has far more views than replies. Klaralven Mar 2021 #80

Well, if people erased all their memories each year kcr Mar 2021 #99

Yes. Two. NT enough Mar 2021 #10

Thank you for sharing. SoonerPride Mar 2021 #77

Yes, an MA I used to work with back when I was a Medical Assistant. Aristus Mar 2021 #11

No. But I knew someone who shot and killed four livetohike Mar 2021 #12

Thats is terrible. SoonerPride Mar 2021 #78

My cousin's daughter was murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School. ZonkerHarris Mar 2021 #13

I am so, so sorry. AwakeAtLast Mar 2021 #104

Yes happybird Mar 2021 #14

My aunt had two young sons and she stepped outside and the kids got the gun and started playing kimbutgar Mar 2021 #15

I am so sorry. SoonerPride Mar 2021 #81

A suicide. I was 19. He was 17. Budi Mar 2021 #16

Yes. My father's death was (probably) a cold-blooded hit. n/t Laelth Mar 2021 #17

Yes mahina Mar 2021 #18

My favorite cousin malaise Mar 2021 #19

Yes, many Yonnie3 Mar 2021 #20

Well damn! The question led me to think and reflect, so yes sanatanadharma Mar 2021 #21

Thank you for sharing your stories. SoonerPride Mar 2021 #79

Unfortunately, yes. bottomofthehill Mar 2021 #22

Three Bayard Mar 2021 #23

my dad Skittles Mar 2021 #24

I can't even begin to imagine that Tree Lady Mar 2021 #35

I think perhaps the worst part was Skittles Mar 2021 #38

My husband's first attempt mnhtnbb Mar 2021 #61

I am so sorry. yardwork Mar 2021 #63

I am so sorry. That is just gut wrenching. SoonerPride Mar 2021 #82

I am so sorry you had to experience this susanr516 Mar 2021 #86

Yes hardluck Mar 2021 #25

My best friend 9 years ago Johnny2X2X Mar 2021 #26

Two, one a suicide and one a murder over a stupid pool table. blueinredohio Mar 2021 #27

Sure. Several suicides. tavernier Mar 2021 #28

A neighbor kid I grew up with was murdered by his father in law (over religious bullshit) Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2021 #29

Girlfriend's brother killed in a street robbery... TreasonousBastard Mar 2021 #30

A few.. luvs2sing Mar 2021 #31

Yes Bettie Mar 2021 #32

Friends son killed himself Tree Lady Mar 2021 #33

My niece. Her step-grandfather kept a loaded gun in his nightstand drawer. He was angry, got CTyankee Mar 2021 #34

My uncle - suicide. BoomaofBandM Mar 2021 #37

Sort of ananda Mar 2021 #39

Yes. yewberry Mar 2021 #40

My principle was murdered and saw his body lying on the ground turbinetree Mar 2021 #41

Personally, no. However... Dave says Mar 2021 #42

Yes superpatriotman Mar 2021 #43

One adult male by suicide Bluesaph Mar 2021 #44

My little-league football coach Shrek Mar 2021 #45

Yes. A former room mate. Mr.Bill Mar 2021 #46

Yes, one of our daughter's friends (15) and the boyfriend phylny Mar 2021 #47

3 suicides. Mariana Mar 2021 #48

Church member was killed by daughters ex bf grantcart Mar 2021 #49

Two: both cops I worked with. Hassler Mar 2021 #50

My cousin JustAnotherGen Mar 2021 #51

Unfortunately, Yes ProfessorGAC Mar 2021 #52

Yes. A childhood friend who grew up and got invovled with drugs. jcmaine72 Mar 2021 #53

I went to high school with a guy that killed his estranged girlfriend and a gas station cashier. tenderfoot Mar 2021 #54

Yes, my cousin owned a small convenience store near Charlottesville VA and he has shot to death. Demsrule86 Mar 2021 #55

Yes ellie Mar 2021 #56

My best friend was shot point blank in the head by her boyfriend. Maru Kitteh Mar 2021 #58

Several, most were suicides. Ligyron Mar 2021 #59

2 suicides, one Xmas eve, best friends one year apart. chowder66 Mar 2021 #60

Good lord. That is terrifying. SoonerPride Mar 2021 #85

Yeah. It was one of the weirder and more terrifying experiences I ever had. chowder66 Mar 2021 #87

Yes, suicides. yardwork Mar 2021 #62

Two suicides by gun mnhtnbb Mar 2021 #64

Two suicides by family friends, one next-door neighbor. nt eppur_se_muova Mar 2021 #65

No, not even an acquaintance. Dial H For Hero Mar 2021 #66

yes suicide demtenjeep Mar 2021 #69

Yes, three of my relatives susanr516 Mar 2021 #83

Yes, a few Withywindle Mar 2021 #84

Yes. Texasgal Mar 2021 #89

On Nov., 21, 1999 Niagara Mar 2021 #90

yes babydollhead Mar 2021 #91

Yes n/t jobendorfer Mar 2021 #92

Yes Lemon Lyman Mar 2021 #93

Yes, but it was YEARS ago. Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2021 #94

At first I thought no, but then I remembered. Rhiannon12866 Mar 2021 #95

I'm 62, live in an area where guns are common and I don't personally know anyone. Kaleva Mar 2021 #96

Yes scarytomcat Mar 2021 #97

Yes. A coworker was shot by his roommate. The raccoon Mar 2021 #98

Yes. My niece and her best friend. displacedtexan Mar 2021 #100

Not personally but I did hear a shooting in my office building about 8 years ago. Tommy Carcetti Mar 2021 #101

I have been reading though all of these replies and cannot help but cry. SoonerPride Mar 2021 #103

Two suicides by gun in my family AwakeAtLast Mar 2021 #105