A few days ago the New York Times ran a list of mass shootings month by month since the Sandy Hook elementary school murders in December 2102. A mass shooting was defined as involving four or more people injured or killed at a single event at the same time and location.
The lowest number in any month was in January 2016, when there were only 11 mass shootings. In 2018 in the five months so far we have had 23, 14, 17, 25, and 22 mass shootings. Of course, we still have a few days to go in this month, so I’m sure we will do better than 22.
Meanwhile the N.R.A. picks Oliver North as its chair, and it continues to buy off members of Congress and state legislatures. And Congress sits on its hands. It hasn't even taken a vote to ban “bump stocks.”
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