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Gun Control Reform Activism

flamin lib

(14,559 posts)

7. Just a few numbers,

Reply to billh58 (Original post)

Thu Nov 21, 2013, 09:31 AM

Nov 2013

Since 1970 more than 900,000 people have been killed with guns in the United States. That is the equivalent of a fully loaded 747 jumbo jet falling from the sky once a week every week 52 weeks a year. In that same time frame more toddlers under the age of 5 were shot than police on active duty.

I just throw those numbers on the table and let whoever I'm talking to think about them.