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Guns in the U.S. Are Out of Control
Something needs to be done to stop the insanity. Not tomorrow. Today!
Can you believe there have been this many school-related shootings since 1999?
Sure, not all of them were mass shootings. These numbers are based on “every time a gun is brandished, fired, or a bullet hits school property.” But look at the exponential increase in the last four years- near 1,000 since 2021.
The chart below shows all school shootings internationally from 2009–2018, which shows that 85 percent of all school shootings occurred in the U.S.
No words can illustrate better than these charts. We have a serious problem with guns in the U.S. The recent school shooting in Wisconsin monopolized the news for a few days but it’s already going away, and not a peep from Congress.
Certainly, we have a mental illness problem and part of it is the mental illness that afflicts our legislators who refuse to pass stricter, common sense gun control laws. I guess it’s the control they’re worrying about, even if it is to control death by gunfire. They’re certainly not doing a good job of that. However, the next chart shows, as of 2019, we’re actually…
