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Bang Bang Bang

I wrote about this last year. The problem is still with us.

In 2018 there were 323 mass shootings, shootings in which 4 or more people were injured or killed. In total 387 people were killed and 1274 were injured. Six shootings occurred at school.

In the first four months of 2019 there have been 105 mass shootings, leaving 120 people dead and 387 injured. Nearly everyday we hear about another mass shooting.

Most of these assaults are made using military style long guns with automatic capabilities or automatic pistols with large magazine capacity. These weapons have no legitimate civilian purpose.

SCHOOL SHOOTINGS

January 20, 2017 West Liberty, Ohio
January 20, 2017 Seattle, Washington
March 21, 2017 King City, California
April 10, 2017 San Bernardino, California
May 4, 2017 Irving, Texas
September 13, 2017 Rockford, Washington
September 20, 2017 Mattoon, Illinois
November 14, 2017 Rancho Tehama Reserve, California
December 7, 2017 Aztec, New Mexico
January 20, 2018 Winston-Salem, North Carolina
January 22, 2018 Italy, Texas
January 22, 2018 New Orleans, Louisiana
January 23, 2018 Marshall County, Kentucky
January 31, 2018 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 1, 2018 Los Angeles, California
February 5, 2018 Oxon Hill, Maryland
February 14, 2018 Parkland, Florida
March 2, 2018 Mount Pleasant, Michigan
March 7, 2018 Birmingham, Alabama
March 9, 2018 Lexington, Kentucky
March 14, 2018 Birmingham, Alabama
March 20, 2018 Great Mills, Maryland
April 20, 2018 Ocala, Florida
May 11, 2018 Palmdale, California
May 18, 2018 Santa Fe, Texas
May 18, 2018 Jonesboro, Georgia
May 25, 2018 Noblesville, Indiana

And it happened in 2016 and 2015 and before and before.

Here in Florida the legislature has passed a bill that will allow certain teachers to be armed. I think that will bring more tragedy.

When asked about the school violence, Oliver North the former president of the National Rifle Association said “If you want to stop the carnage, you aren’t going to fix it by taking away the rights of law-abiding citizens. You have got to fix it in a way that hardens the place sufficient that the kids are safe inside the door. If that means metal detectors, you get five metal detectors”.

Really?

Bang Bang Bang Bang

SYNAGOGUE SHOOTINGS
October 27, 2018 Pittsburg, PA
April 27, 2019 Poway, CA

CHURCH SHOOTINGS
June 17, 2015 Charleston SC
September 24, 2017 Antioch, TN
November 5, 2017 Sutherland Springs, TX

NIGHT CLUB SHOOTING
June 12, 2016, Orlando, FL

MOVIE THEATER SHOOTING
July 20, 2012 Aurora, CO

MUSIC CONCERT SHOOTING
October 1, 2017 Las Vegas NV

The problem is more than a school issue. Do we want metal detectors at our churches, synagogues, mosques, theaters, restaurants, nightclubs, shopping malls, grocery stores and any other place where people gather? Do we want armed guards?

How about the status quo? Shall we just continue to do what we do now?

It is time for a change.

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