Mass Killings In North Carolina: Here's How Many People Have Died - Charlotte, NC - In North Carolina, at least 23 people have been killed in at least five mass killings committed by family members since 2006.
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A cartoon I like depicts the founders of our democracy writing the Constitution, more specifically, the Second Amendment. The bubble declares “Instead of saying ‘the right of the militia to keep and bear a smooth-bore, single-shot flintlock-based musket’ just say ‘arms’ and they’ll understand.”
But what do we understand? Does “militia” mean designated groups or individuals? Do “arms” include guns, cannons, machine guns, war machines?
According to gunviolencearchive.org, suicides by guns outnumber homicides, and both numbers continue to rise. No matter which source you consult, the conclusion reached is that death by firearms in the U.S. is too high, much higher than in countries like Japan, the United Kingdom, Norway and Australia, where incentives and legislation have been implemented to decrease the number of firearms in citizens’ possession.
US averaging 10 mass shootings per week in 2021 so far, Gun Violence Archive says
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LOS ANGELES - There have been 10 mass shootings in the past week and at least 10 mass shootings on average every week for the first 18 weeks of 2021, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
A mass shooting is defined by a minimum of four victims shot, either injured or killed, not including any shooter who may also have been killed or injured in the incident, according to the Gun Violence Archive. There were a total of 198 mass shootings across the United States between Jan. 1 and May 11, the data showed.
The gun owner next door
Montgomery County residents applied for nearly twice as many handgun licenses in 2020 than the year before and the surge in demand isn’t slowing down By Amy Halpern |
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Jay Guan, a longtime gun owner, at his home in Clarksburg. Photo by Erick Gibson
On election night last November, Mike (not his real name) was sitting in his convertible at a traffic light near the Connie Morella Library in downtown Bethesda when he heard a loud crash. Then another. And another. “What’s going on, Dad?” his teenage daughter asked. He was on the phone with her at the time and she heard the commotion in the background.