In a country with 283m firearms, we should not be shocked that 33 people are shot dead each day. We should be outraged.
Jenny Price
Tuesday 29 September 2009 08.30 EDT
...Every year, 12,000 people are shot to death in the US – accounting for more than two out of every three killings. That's an average of 33 people daily.
An additional 240 people get shot and injured every day, and more than 65 million Americans own a total of 283m firearms. Where, exactly, do we expect the 12,000 homicides to happen? Do we really think that the places with gangs and high crime rates are the only places where people are going to use their guns?...
