So far this year in the US there have been 15,897 gun deaths from shootings other than suicide. (More people than that have killed themselves via guns, the #1 use of a gun in the US is to kill yourself.)

1,435 of those non-suicide gun deaths were children.

There has been more than one mass shooting per day this year ( Read more... )

But nearly 5,000 people have died from gun violence in the US so far this year, and it is only February 15. There's been more than one mass shooting per day in 2024. And, as usual, more people have died from accidental shootings than from shootings in self defense ( Read more... )

Saw somebody drop a comment to an online essay where they casually referred to getting a gun to protect their home from burglars. I resisted arguing with the stranger online, but it did remind me of the Gun Violence Archive, which tracks reports of gun violence in real time ( Read more... )

I cannot get too excited about any particular shooting -- other than the one that happened at my own nephew's school in January -- because there are so fucking many ( Read more... )

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - The scene was heartbreakingly familiar. Inside Richneck Elementary School, children and teachers hunkered down in fear. At a family reunification center nearby, desperate parents waited for answers. Some were so panicked that they struggled to breathe. Once again, a school shooting had left a community reeling ( Read more... )

Total number of gun violence deaths in the US during 2022: 44,255

Percentage of total caused by police: 3%

Percentage of total that were unintentional: 4%

Percentage of total that were suicide: 54%

Percentage of total that were in self-defense: 3%#1 use for that gun you bought will be for you or somebody in your household to kill themselves. ( Read more... )

Nationwide, more than 5,800 people under 18 years old have been wounded or killed by gunfire so far this year,

A gay friend of mine wants to buy a gun, after the latest media-saturated mass shooting.  We have mass shootings every day in the US, but one happened at a gay bar recently, that makes it somewhat more newsworthy than all the mass shootings that didn't happen at a gay bar this month.  So far in 2022: 39,563 gun deaths in the US.  Five people were ( Read more... )

Had Moose over last night for delivery food and a movie in the basement -- was fun!  Today T returns and the long summer of him being away 4/5 of the time is over.  The house might feel loud & crowded for the next couple weeks, heh.  I made it!  Whew!  How long until I'm craving Time to Self again ( Read more... )

[update: correcting math error -- it was early in the morning, 20x not 200x]

One item I regularly complain about in my LJ is gun violence.  So far in 2022 the US has experienced 25,646 deaths due to gun violence.  The US has the second highest number of deaths from gun violence in the world, second only to Brazil ( Read more... )