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In reply to the discussion: Per NBC news 203 people shot today as of 6pm [View all]The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)Works out to what percent of the population?
But hey, we have a 24x7x365 news station with not much to cover so let's keep hawking on guns (or whatever the shiny object people are looking at this week).
It works too. People gasp! Oh my goodness, look at those numbers. 204 people in a day is so many.
Automobiles kill 117 Americans a day and we are not even talking about injuries or general accidents (not to mention pollution which leads to diseases and such). And we regulate the hell out of cars.
One could go on and on, but people soak up news that bolsters their ideals and there are plenty of peddlers of it to help them in their bubble (see last election....).
Oh and did those 203 count people our government shot or was there any mention of the drones you and I are paying for that kill more kids and innocent people all the time? Oh.....that is not a crime because we all chip in for it and we all own those weapons together. I was wondering why the news was not all over that (or du for that matter).
Back to focusing on our citizens.