The ease with which we ignore these shootings is heartbreaking. We have an election mini-scandal about 13 soldiers dying in Afghanistan during the pull-out.
A Tragedy - Partially our own fault. |
And yet...
This is from today's news.
As of Sept. 5, at least 11,598 people have died from gun violence in the U.S. this year -- an average of almost 47 deaths each day, according to the Gun Violence Archive. The death toll does not include suicides, which the organization used to track annually but is currently awaiting data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Uvalde Shooting alone |
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