Above is a map of the mass shootings that appeared as part of an article on "Vox." (click here) Call me crazy, but, as soon as I saw this map it looked like the interstate highway system. The California and West Coast mass shootings on this map is definitely Route 5 North and South.

The east coast, I can easily pick out Route 95 North and South and Route 85 North and South. Route 85 is more Northeast and Southwest. Then there is the southern end of I-55 North and South below I-40 East and West.

It is probably nothing except population areas. I just had to point it out. Maybe another set of eyes has more insight than mine.

This has been a horrible weekend for America. People are dead, wounded and maimed because of guns that are legal in the USA.  

I hope there will be peace tonight into tomorrow.

Good night.

Donald J. Trump does nothing to provide a counter-voice to the extremist voice of the White Nationalist leader. Instead, his hate speech serves to give him and many other Republicans a voter base.

The NRA in their statement should then expect reasonable laws that work to prohibit gun violence in the USA.

The guns are the problem. The violence behind the assault weapons are not necessary in the USA.

Militias in Oregon have threatened law enforcement officers. There was never supposed to be weapons in the USA that could undo the authority of law enforcement. Those militias have mental health problems, huh?

Mulvaney is not connected to reality. He is angry, but, at the wrong people.

Yes, people are blaming the president. Absolutely. He is a racist.

That would be a good thing, Trump never brings the nation together. Suggestions? Like, ending the lying. He could start with that.

This would not be happening if Hillary Clinton was president.

Since Trump took office, there is a record number of hate groups. Is he proud of that? Is that a goal?

Bill Barr is not the answer. Bill Barr is in contempt of Congress. Bill Barr is not trustworthy. Does Bill Barr know the Grand Dragon? Do you know the Grand Dragon stated he was glad Heather was dead? He did.

Mulvaney is as confused as the Trump constituency that doesn't listen to any mainstream media. Seriously. Did he drink the Kool-Aid?

H.R.8 - Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 (click here)
Reported to House (02/22/2019)

Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019

This bill establishes new background check requirements for firearm transfers between private parties (i.e., unlicensed individuals).

Specifically, it prohibits a firearm transfer between private parties unless a licensed gun dealer, manufacturer, or importer first takes possession of the firearm to conduct a background check.

The prohibition does not apply to certain firearm transfers, such as a gift between spouses in good faith.

Sorry, I am not finding any passed legislation in 2018 or 2017. I'll keep looking.

This article from The Guardian clearly states the USA Congress has done basically nothing, except, to pass legislation that is the same as the one before it. Since, the expiration of the "Assault Weapon Ban," Congress has failed to protect Americans. Their measures have failed and continue to fail.

Let me make myself clear.

EVERYTHING THE USA CONGRESS HAS DONE TO END THE GUN VIOLENCE HAS FAILED.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT BILL WAS PASSED OR WHAT EXCUSES THEY ARE USING.

IT HAS ALL FAILED!

16 November 2017
By Lois Beckett and Sabrina Siddiqui

Ten years ago, (click here) after a mass shooting that could have been prevented, Congress passed a bipartisan law to fix America’s gun background check system. A decade later, a bipartisan group of senators is introducing new legislation to try to fix it again.

The gun legislation the senators announced on Thursday morning would not require a background check on every single gun sale, despite new polling data showing that 95% of Americans – a record high – support these universal background checks....

...For years, the federal database that is supposed to stop dangerous people from buying guns has been undermined by missing records. At least three of America’s most high-profile mass shooters were legally barred from buying guns, but were able to purchase them anyway because of the federal system’s failures. Among them was the gunman who murdered 26 people in a Texas church this month....

...But even as a series of deadly shootings have come to pass, gun-related legislation has been stymied on Capitol Hill amid steep opposition from Republicans and the NRA.

In addition to the failed vote on background checks in 2013, the Senate twice rejected proposals to prevent suspected terrorists from purchasing firearms.

The latter votes followed both the Orlando massacre in June 2016, which left 49 dead and 58 others wounded, and the December 2015 mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, in which 14 people were killed and 22 more were injured at an office holiday party. In both incidents, the perpetrators claimed to be inspired by Islamic State.

Two months ago Dayton experienced a tornado outbreak.

May 28, 2019
By Vanessa Romo and Bill Chappell

Several tornadoes (click here) touched down in highly populated areas of Dayton and other Ohio communities late Monday night, causing catastrophic damage. The storms devastated dozens of buildings and trees. One death has been reported, officials said Tuesday morning.

The National Weather Service says that "at least an EF3 tornado with winds up to 140 mph" struck the city of Beavercreek in Greene County, Ohio. It says similar winds hit Trotwood in Montgomery County — and that it's too early to know whether the same tornado passed through those counties. On the tornado strength scale, an EF3 is designated as "severe."...

The USA also exports it's LEGAL firearms to increase violence in Mexico.

Map to the above in the article below are foreign companies manufacturing guns in the USA.

...Glock is based in Austria, (click here) Taurus in Brazil and Beretta in Italy. When it comes to feeding the voracious American appetite for firearms, overseas gun makers have not only borrowed U.S. icons—they’ve taken substantial market share once held almost exclusively by American manufacturers like Colt and American Outdoor Brands Corp., formerly Smith & Wesson.

About three out of 10 firearms available for sale in the U.S. come from abroad, according to a Bloomberg News analysis. Imports totaled 5.1 million weapons, or 31 percent of all guns made for the American market in 2016, the last year for which complete government statistics are available. In some cases, foreign gun makers are completely reliant on the American market. HS Produkt, based in Croatia, exported 95 percent of the firearms it manufactured last year to the U.S....

Don't talk about jobs and American companies. There are no tariffs on gun imports.

June 7, 2019

By Megan Cerullo

Arturo Sarukhan, (click here) the former Mexican ambassador to the U.S., has a proposal for President Donald Trump in exchange for halting the flow of migrants crossing the border: Stop American-made guns from pouring into Mexico.

"The U.S. should immediately stop the flow of guns and bulk cash across its southern border," he tweeted this week as the two countries strained to reach a deal ahead of American tariffs going into force Monday on all Mexican imports.

The issue of gun trafficking has long been a point of contention for Mexico. A 2018 analysis from the Center for American Progress found that from 2011 to 2016, 70% of the 106,000 guns used in violent crimes in Mexico and recovered by law enforcement had come from the U.S. And that represents just a fraction of the total number of weapons crossing the southern border. A separate study found that between 2010 and 2012, nearly 213,000 firearms of all legal arms sales in the U.S. were smuggled across the U.S.-Mexico border. That represents 2.2%  of arms sales in the U.S. at the time, valued at around $200 million....

The problem is the guns!

This is the weapon, .223-caliber rifle killed, wounded and maimed in Dayton, Ohio. This is the weapon the police had to stop.

August 3, 2019
By Mary Papenfass

Hundreds of mothers (click here) surged to the White House with other protesters Saturday evening to demand stricter gun control laws in the wake of the horrific mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, that killed at least 20 people. 

The powerful, spontaneous “Moms Demand Action” demonstration was one of a series of heartfelt expressions of support and sympathy throughout the nation for the victims of the shootings at a Walmart, in which at least 26 people were injured.

Mothers hoisted signs reading “Coward Congress” and chanted: “Whose house? Our house!”

A representative of the group told The Washington Post that members were meeting nearby for a conference. When the women learned of the massacre, “the tenor and tone of the whole room changed” and participants decided to march, said one of the group’s leaders, Amber Gustafson....

The response time of the Dayton police was LESS THAN A MINUTE and the shooter was still able to kill, wound and maim in the double digits. The police can't do this any better. It makes sense that on a Saturday night the police would be in the area of a popular area of time. The people are there it enjoy themselves and the police want that, too. 

Wasn't it Dayton that just went through horrible flooding as well. There is far too much tragedy in this country on a regular basis. 

Oregon District 5th Street is a very popular area.

It is a gun problem!

As gunfire (click here) ripped through America in an unprecedented 24 hours, a bleak milestone in a nation pocked by gun violence was marked: There have been 251 mass shootings in 2019.

The killer knew he was going to kill many people. Did he know his sister was there? Killers have killed family before, the killer in Sandy Hook killed his mother before going to the school.

I reject the idea there are mental health problems, there are plenty of people with the same mental health problems that don't kill.

THESE ARE KILLERS AND THE WHITE SUPREMACISTS ARE NOT HAVING MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS. IVANKA TRUMP IS LAYING COVER FOR HER FATHER'S VOTERS.

THIS IS A GUN PROBLEM! END OF DISCUSSION!

THEY ARE DOMESTIC TERRORISTS AND THEY MAKE PLANS TO KILL. THERE IS NO MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM.

The responses are excellent, the police are arriving within 5 to 6 minutes. That is consistent across all these mass shootings. They are doing the absolute best they can and they are laying down their own lives when they do respond. It is time to recognize the real problem and that is the guns.

El Paso, Texas (AP) — The shooting (click here) that killed 20 people at a crowded El Paso shopping area will be handled as a domestic terrorism case, federal authorities said Sunday as they weighed hate-crime charges against the gunman that could carry the death penalty....

...The attack on Saturday morning was followed less than a day later by another shooting that claimed nine lives in a nightlife district of Dayton, Ohio. That shooter was killed by police....

The danger to police officers in the USA is ridiculous. There was a time in the USA when the police complained they didn't have 9 mm handguns like the criminals. Today they are wearing body armor and respond to killers with military capacity weapons. The guns are out of control.

Yesterday in El Paso the police that responded involved everyone with the capacity to help. It is out of control.

...Ned Peppers, (click here) which has been near the center of the mass shooting in Dayton early this morning, was a bar previously known as T.B. Hopkins, but was bought in 1994 by James "Jim" Schaefer, who died in late April 2019. Schaefer renamed the bar to Ned Peppers, and connected it to neighboring bar The Hole in the Wall, which he also owned.

By Amelia Robinson 

Good thing that didn’t happen.(click here) Today’s Oregon District is among the Gem City’s shiniest jewels.

Thanks to the American Planning Association, the nation is finding out what we already knew: Fifth Street is pretty boss.

The organization named Fifth between South Patterson Boulevard and Wayne Avenue to its Great Streets on its annual Great Places in America list.

Third Street in McMinnville, Ore.;  Laura Street in Jacksonville, Fla.; Lexington Avenue in Asheville, N.C.; and Olvera Street in Los Angeles also were honored on the prestigious list.

Oregon District’s Fifth Street one of ‘Top 5’ in U.S.

APA has recognized 245 neighborhoods, streets and public spaces around the country since launching the program in 2007. They include  Hyde Park in Cincinnati, German Village in Columbus, and Shaker Boulevard and the West Side Market in Cleveland....

Three mass shootings in a week, two in less than 24 hours.

It is time to hear from the FBI.

Just that simple. 

Moscow Mitch McConnell won't do a thing.

The FBI and State and Local Police need to organize.

Congress should already be in emergency session, are they?

The internet sits should already be shut down and it should have been shut down by the servers. They know who they are.

The stores need to postpone the "School Sales."

This is an organized effort. No different than Dillon Roof they know the weakness in detecting the attacks. Again, the posting on internet sites is occurring shortly before the attack. These are not random decisions. There is reason to act against the hate crimes before they occur.

There won't be a national emergency called because it should have occurred already.

State and local governments can cooperate with authorities. Let them take it to the Supreme Court.

SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING.

This is an immediate and long term effort.