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NightWatcher

(39,343 posts) Thu Jan 31, 2013, 07:34 PM Jan 2013

Per NBC news 203 people shot today as of 6pm [View all]

Wow, just wow.

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Per NBC news 203 people shot today as of 6pm [View all] NightWatcher Jan 2013 OP

Is that 203 in one day Control-Z Jan 2013 #1

This country has lost it's soul sasha031 Jan 2013 #2

Lost its mind is more like it. nt valerief Jan 2013 #26

Indeed. City Lights Jan 2013 #39

More guns, we need more guns!!! RKP5637 Jan 2013 #3

I heard that, and then my phone rang, so I missed Ilsa Jan 2013 #4

Whoever owned that gun that shot the 14 y/o should face charges. randome Jan 2013 #5

IF ONLY THEY'D ALL BEEN ARMED! villager Jan 2013 #6

Wow, that's beyond crazy. What is the matter Laurian Jan 2013 #7

Most of those were criminals shooting other criminals. GreenStormCloud Jan 2013 #78

203 people shot today? JaneyVee Jan 2013 #8

Yes, but that's a typical day in the good ol' gun-worshipping USofA. Ilsa Jan 2013 #10

We are the ENVY of Europe, aren't we? CTyankee Jan 2013 #15

That is a mind-boggling number. JaneyVee Jan 2013 #19

These are but small prices a right-wing-soused society willingly pays for the right to pack indepat Jan 2013 #9

Message deleted by the DU Administrators SailorMike Jan 2013 #13

Find out and report back to us. JaneyVee Jan 2013 #14

Message deleted by the DU Administrators SailorMike Jan 2013 #22

see post 87 nt NoGOPZone Jan 2013 #35

Ermahgerd... pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #40

Beat me to it. nt Robb Jan 2013 #46

do the dittomasters want to know? Skittles Jan 2013 #18

Message deleted by the DU Administrators SailorMike Jan 2013 #23

Listen up! snort Jan 2013 #74

That's nothing...almost meaningless in light of the upcoming struggle of guns vs tyranny. jmg257 Jan 2013 #11

SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED!!!! /heckle alcibiades_mystery Jan 2013 #12

But, it's all okay NewJeffCT Jan 2013 #16

It's about time the networks started doing this... Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #17

I hear this often, but that's really not the way I remember it NoPasaran Jan 2013 #20

I think in the early years Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #21

I remember reports of how many bombers were shot down that day Kolesar Jan 2013 #30

I'm 65... Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #45

I am so sorry. Kolesar Jan 2013 #66

Thank you. Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #70

So this will erode support for the 2A? geckosfeet Jan 2013 #36

Stop with the 2A BS... n/t Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #48

Well. Please explain. geckosfeet Jan 2013 #53

What don't you understand? Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #61

Ah. I see. Gun violence and crime needs to be exposed for the evil that it is. geckosfeet Jan 2013 #79

Now you are being ridiculous. Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #80

Today? Considering how many armed conflicts are active in the world right now... Deep13 Jan 2013 #24

Gun-related shootings in the United States TODAY... n/t Earth_First Jan 2013 #25

Twice as many as Britain can expect all year. nt Deep13 Jan 2013 #27

I wonder how low you'd think it was if you'd been one of the victims. valerief Jan 2013 #28

Pardon me? Earth_First Jan 2013 #32

No. There were not 203 gun deaths in the US today Recursion Jan 2013 #33

Yes. TODAY Earth_First Jan 2013 #41

Oh, injuries? Yes, that makes sense Recursion Jan 2013 #47

"Firearm injury in the United States has averaged 32,300 deaths annually between 1980 and 2007." Robb Jan 2013 #44

I would think ANY shooting would be "gun-related." Bake Jan 2013 #71

How many victims of gun violence per day produced from Hollywood? Cynicus Emeritus Jan 2013 #29

Other countries watch the same films but have less guns and gun deaths MightyMopar Jan 2013 #34

Sorry - other countries are not immersed in the same TV and Hollywood Cynicus Emeritus Jan 2013 #63

Have you seen some of the things Aerows Jan 2013 #73

Also, FREEDOM!!11 Robb Jan 2013 #51

Movies and Video Games don't kill people. Guns kill people. Agnosticsherbet Jan 2013 #54

When Warner Brothers starts handing out free Glocks & ammo in the lobby, you'll have a point hatrack Jan 2013 #75

Deflect! Weak. morningfog Jan 2013 #81

That's year to date I think Recursion Jan 2013 #31

There have been 1440 since Newtown... Earth_First Jan 2013 #37

Sorry! I had misread that as "deaths" (nt) Recursion Jan 2013 #49

Actually, I think it's probably people shot today. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #42

Very few do Recursion Jan 2013 #50

"Very few"? 2 in five die, apparently. Robb Jan 2013 #52

No, 1 in 20 or thereabouts Recursion Jan 2013 #55

2 in 7, my bad. Robb Jan 2013 #57

Remembering now: 1 in 20 is ER deaths Recursion Jan 2013 #58

I'm sure they were just at drill practice with their local militias. nt. OldDem2012 Jan 2013 #38

LINK: Earth_First Jan 2013 #43

At a rate of 203 a day, for 365 days? Spider Jerusalem Jan 2013 #56

Wow. What is the reality here? Questions, questions, questions.... Skip Intro Jan 2013 #59

"inquiring" must mean something new these days. Robb Jan 2013 #62

Just the number of people shot (not killed) NightWatcher Jan 2013 #64

"Inquiring" minds want to deflect. morningfog Jan 2013 #82

FRICKING RIDICULOUS MindMover Jan 2013 #60

Here's a picture of 200-odd people doing yoga in Times Square. Robb Jan 2013 #65

Were all the armed good people slacking off again? undeterred Jan 2013 #67

Think how high the number MIGHT have been... Robb Jan 2013 #68

Love me some propaganda. 75,000/yr and 300 million people The Straight Story Jan 2013 #69

If your defense is what percentage of the US population died today, neverforget Jan 2013 #72

'we regulate the hell out of cars' snort Jan 2013 #76

So you're cool with gun deaths. We get it. Robb Jan 2013 #77

Make that 204. Milestone just posted that some dude Ilsa Jan 2013 #83