How many here have had gun violence affect their lives?

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

13. I know/knew several who were affected

I had a 2nd cousin accidentally shot and killed, while hunting, by another hunter.

I knew 3 different guys who shot and killed another guy, over a woman, one killing the woman also. Two of the guys, including the one who also killed the lady, then killed themselves.

Besides the two murder/suicides, two others who merely shot and killed themselves.

A pretty good friend, who when we were 17, disappeared and was found a few months later, deep in some woods, near a city some 60 miles away with a fatal gunshot to the head. Had been dead long enough he was only identifiable by dental records.

Another pretty good friend, who also when we were 17, that lived out in the country with his parents, shot himself through the knee while practicing his quick draw. Then some 2-3 weeks later, when he could stand and walk again, did exactly the same thing a second time. Same knee.

A former father in law, who decided to clean his handgun, while drinking, as the story went, had the gun go off, luckily only shooting a hole in his living room wall.