Ongoing gun violence/injury thread

[deactherunner]

damn, for parkland it's 220 to 84

More in favor of Starbucks than the national average. My hometown in PA is 149-13

 

[MichDeac25]

What's more dangerous? A 19 yo buying an AR? Or a 19 yo buying beer?

 

[ImTheCaptain]

Yeah I’m at 152-16

 

[Milhouse]

61-281

 

[ImTheCaptain]

Rube country is flush with firearm opportunities

 

[DistrictDeacon]

The House of Representatives couldn’t even be bothered to hold a moment of silence today. The GOP has literally stopped even offering thoughts or prayers.

 

[Newenglanddeac]

 

[Newenglanddeac]

 

[Wakeforest22890]

Massachusetts has some of the toughest restrictions on gun sales in the country and there are still more gun outlets (stores? I don’t know the best term to use) than cities and towns combined. That’s wild

 

[ONW]

Massachusetts has some of the toughest restrictions on gun sales in the country and there are still more gun outlets (stores? I don’t know the best term to use) than cities and towns combined. That’s wild

"To put things in perspective:

In the US, there are approximately 50,271 more gun stores than McDonald's. Specifically, there are 14,146 McDonald's (as of December 2016) and 64,417 firearm dealers nationwide (as of September 2017).
There are approximately 32,927 more gun stores than coffee shops (31,490 as of December 2015).
There are approximately 39,017 more gun stores than grocery stores (25,400 as of December 2016).
There are approximately 54,017 more gun stores than 7-11s (10,400 as of 2017).

http://www.businessinsider.com/gun-dealers-stores-mcdonalds-las-vegas-shooting-2017-10

 

[Deacfreak07]

I guess we’ll revisit this conversation again in a couple weeks.

 

[DeacHead]

Massachusetts has some of the toughest restrictions on gun sales in the country and there are still more gun outlets (stores? I don’t know the best term to use) than cities and towns combined. That’s wild

Rhetorical question - but where the heck are they? Aside from a Walmart, if someone said "take me to your gun store" I'd have no idea where to begin. I'm probably just not paying attention when I see them.

 

[PhDeac]

I imagine many of these are mom and pop operations. How is it Walmart, Bass Pro Shops, and such haven’t put them out of business?

 

[bym051d]

Often times, tragedy reveals the best in humanity.

 

[bym051d]

I imagine many of these are mom and pop operations. How is it Walmart, Bass Pro Shops, and such haven’t put them out of business?

Wal-Mart doesn’t sell anything other than hunting gear. No handguns or expensive tactical gear, iirc.

 

[Newenglanddeac]

Hope we as a society are proud of this chart. Clearly we've put a lot of effort into moving that red dot up and over.

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/world/americas/mass-shootings-us-international.html?

 

[ImTheCaptain]

Lots of people buy guns and ammo.

 

[Newenglanddeac]

 

[Newenglanddeac]

 

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