According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more people died from gun-related injuries last year than in any other year previously recorded. According to reporting by the New York Times: There were 39,773 gun deaths in 2017, up by more than 1,000 from the year before. Nearly two-thirds were suicides. It was […] More
Today is the 317th day of 2018. So far, we have has 309 mass shootings. A mass shooting is defined here as a shooting where four or more people are shot. A mass shooting differs from a mass murder, where four our more people are killed. I point this out because I received a lot […] More
We’re just over twelve months since the Las Vegas mass shooting, which was the deadliest mass shooting in the history of the United States. Just eight months ago we had one of the deadliest school shootings ever at Parkland. Despite that, not much has changed surrounding gun regulation. According to the Gun Violence Archive, there […] More
Your thoughts and prayers are useless. It goes without saying that tragedies like the church shooting in Texas today are horrible acts of violence that should not be happening in our society. I hope that the surviving families get the help they need and are able to carry on and create a “new normal” for […] More
AMA Says Gun Violence Is A Public Health Crisis In the wake of the Orlando shooting this past Saturday, the American Medical Association announced on Tuesday that gun violence is a public health crisis. In the statement, AMA President Steven J. Stack said: An epidemiological analysis of gun violence is vital so physicians and other […] More
