Just this year.

[ColbertWatcher]

First, I have to give credit, where credit is due. I swiped this info off a fark thread, nearly word-for-word (with only minor corrections and emphasis/formatting added by me).

1/24/2009 (2 + self) Portland, OR. -- Erik Salvador Ayala. Job related, depression. Shot nine people outside a Portland club.
1/27/2009 (6 + self) Wilmington, CA - Ervin Lupoe. Job related. Family annihilation. 5 children and wife.
1/28/2009 (4 + self) Ohio - Mark Meeks. Job related. Family Annihilation. 3 children and wife.

(0 in February)

3/5/2009 (5 + self) Cleveland, OH. -- Davon Crawford. Ex-con kills new wife and family. Possibly domestic.
3/10/2009 (10 + self) Jefferson County, AL - Michael McLendon. Job related. Killed family and random others. Suicide at place of employment.
3/15/2009 (4 + self) Miami, FL - Guillermo Lopez. Domestic. Family annihilation.
3/27/2009 (3 + self) Oakland, CA - Lovelle Mixon. Traffic stop, chase, and standoff.
3/29/2009 (8) Carthage, NC - Robert Stewart. Related to divorce. Seven residents, one nurse. Taken down by security.
3/29/2009 (5 + self) Santa Clara, CA - Devan Kalathat. Job related. Family Annihilation. Both victims children.
4/3/2009 (13 + self) Binghampton NY - Jiverly Wong. Possibly job related. Wore body armor.
4/4/2009 (3) Pittsburgh, PA - Richard Poplawski. Likely political. Wore body armor. Talked into surrender.
4/4/2009 (5 + self) Graham, WA - James Harrison. Unknown motive. Family annihilation. Father killed 5 children plus self.

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"Family annihilation" denotes an incident where someone kills the kids, and/or the wife.

[barbtries]

1. one quick caveat

you may have time to fix it: the killer in NC is still alive.

[ColbertWatcher]

3. DUPE. n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

4. Thank you! n/t

[barbtries]

2. having said that,

this is powerful stuff. what the fuck is going on. it's a murder storm.

[ColbertWatcher]

5. Don't know.

I only posted this because I thought I was doing a great job keeping track on the Truthiness Encyclopedia's NRA page (http://www.wikiality.com/NRA#NRA_Tour ), but after seeing this, I'm overwhelmed by all the slaughter.

[Lasher]

8. A lot of this is Family annihilation.

That's particularly depressing.

[ColbertWatcher]

9. Yes it is.

I hesitate to guess what it could mean, but I fear that it's related to finances.

So very, very sad.

[Caliman73]

6. A lot of desperate and unstable people out there.

A bad economy anger, and alienation will bring out the worst in people. It's a shame that mental health services are such a low priority in this country. Most insurance plans give it minimal coverage and the public systems are continually being cut. We need solutions to the hopelessness driving people to act out violently.

[ccharles000]

7. Eleven die in Alabama shootings

Police are investigating why a gunman killed 10 people in a series of shootings in the southern US state of Alabama before killing himself.

The gunman burned down his own house, before firing on homes, shops and vehicles in the towns of Samson and Geneva near the Florida border.

Several of the victims are believed to have been members of the gunman's extended family.

The wife and daughter of a local police officer were also killed.

The gunman was named by local officials as Michael McLendon, 28, who had recently left his job at a local sausage factory.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7936382.stm

[ColbertWatcher]

10. Kick? n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

11. Kick? n/t

[Midlodemocrat]

12. But, wait, wait! Obama was taking away all the guns!!! I read it on the internets.

[ColbertWatcher]

13. ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=5393391&mesg_id=5393391

[aikoaiko]

14. Typically, there are 15000 - 17000 deaths by homocide per year in the US.

Everyone of them matters, not just the multiple killings.

[ColbertWatcher]

15. Good point.

I just pointed this out because I can't remember when so many multiple killings happened in such a short time.