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flamin lib

(14,559 posts) Sat Jun 25, 2016, 09:52 AM Jun 2016

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Please stop talking about the 49 people killed in Orlando. [View all]

There were 103 people SHOT in that mass shooting. One hundred and three SHOT.

Those extra 53 people will live the rest of their lives with the scaring, both visible and invisible, for rest of their lives. Many will require a lifetime of care and rehabilitation.

Then there's the monetary cost. The average gunshot wound costs $1,000,000 in direct medical treatment. That will bankrupt many of the injured. Gunshot wounds cost the nation $two hundred billion each and every year. That's $53,000,000 in medical costs caused by one man with a $700 gun.

STOP JUST COUNTING THE DEAD.

The hundred thousand people wounded by guns every year deserve a voice too.

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Please stop talking about the 49 people killed in Orlando. [View all] flamin lib Jun 2016 OP

You have a great point. riversedge Jun 2016 #1

It really is a great point. n/t Roy Rolling Jun 2016 #45

K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2016 #2

Gun violence costs the U.S. $229 Billion Dollars A Year. onehandle Jun 2016 #3

Excellent idea. ErikJ Jun 2016 #40

Then there's the cost to all the families and friends. n/t sarge43 Jun 2016 #4

^This^ sarae Jun 2016 #7

Well said CanonRay Jun 2016 #5

Great post mainstreetonce Jun 2016 #6

K&R ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #8

K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Jun 2016 #9

You got a point! About the other victims of this shooting. Her Sister Jun 2016 #10

Excellent observations! lonestarnot Jun 2016 #11

You're making it sound like bucolic_frolic Jun 2016 #12

Good point. Surviving a shooting is not the same as never being shot. Chemisse Jun 2016 #13

This is what the Republicans, NRA and guns rights are all about. They don't care about human live. rladdi Jun 2016 #14

K&R brer cat Jun 2016 #15

and these survivors have suffered and will suffer far more than the dead victims Fast Walker 52 Jun 2016 #16

I get what you're saying, and we should remember all the victims. ladyVet Jun 2016 #17

Have The NRA Pay The Medical Bills scottie55 Jun 2016 #18

That's right, scottie55 ReRe Jun 2016 #21

you're absolutely right La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2016 #19

Plus how many more who witnessed the massacre? PeaceNikki Jun 2016 #20

+1 classof56 Jun 2016 #28

Too true... awoke_in_2003 Jun 2016 #30

I'm good, thanks! PeaceNikki Jun 2016 #35

Did you get cut? awoke_in_2003 Jun 2016 #37

I did. I slipped while sharpening a knife and cut a tendon. PeaceNikki Jun 2016 #42

I hope there isn't any permanent damage. nt awoke_in_2003 Jun 2016 #43

you are absolutely correct! niyad Jun 2016 #33

Millions have already been raised to pay their medical bills. 7962 Jun 2016 #22

I agree and have always added the wounded lunatica Jun 2016 #23

Why not talk about them ALL? Zippyzagnut Jun 2016 #24

K&R! stonecutter357 Jun 2016 #25

I believe the living NEED Recognition nvme Jun 2016 #26

A long-ago experience Nac Mac Feegle Jun 2016 #27

Link for the ststs please Buzz cook Jun 2016 #29

k and r. it has been very upsetting to see all the news and comments with no mention of the injured niyad Jun 2016 #31

I lost friends at Pulse lupinella Jun 2016 #32

Sincerest sympathy. Hissyspit Jun 2016 #34

EXCELLENT point! calimary Jun 2016 #36

No, I won't stop. Iggo Jun 2016 #38

I won't stop either. Behind the Aegis Jun 2016 #46

We might also talk about people not in Orlando shot on the same day. Vinca Jun 2016 #39

Pathetic extreme conservative GOP gun nuts only care about their fetish. onehandle Jun 2016 #41

This is one of the reasons I read DU...the variety of opinions libdem4life Jun 2016 #44