Another day in the (gun crazy) U.S.A.

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Friday June 06, 2014 · 12:08 PM PDT

2014/06/06 · 12:08

June 6, 2014 edition

Below the fold are my reports of some of the shootings that have occurred during the past few days.

My list of reports, however, is far from complete because, if today is an average day, 277 Americans will be shot by a gun. And 84 of those shot will die. The story will repeat itself tomorrow, and the day after that, and the day after that, and on and on and on.

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Now the reports:

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Monday June 02, 2014 · 1:39 PM PDT

2014/06/02 · 13:39

June 2, 2014 edition

Below the fold are my reports of some of the shootings that have occurred during the past few days.

Help stop this daily carnage.

Let your voice be heard.

It takes just a few moments. Click here:

http://act.everytown.org/...

Now the reports:

Tom Begnal

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Saturday May 31, 2014 · 12:28 PM PDT

2014/05/31 · 12:28

May 31, 2014 edition

Below the fold are my reports of just a few shootings that have occurred during the past several days.

My list, however, is far from complete because, if today is an average day, 277 Americans will be shot by a gun. And 84 of those shot will die. The story will repeat itself tomorrow, and the day after that, and the day after that, and on and on and on.

Help stop this daily carnage.

Let your voice be heard.

It takes just a few moments. Click here:

http://act.everytown.org/...

Now the reports:

Tom Begnal

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Tuesday May 27, 2014 · 10:39 AM PDT

2014/05/27 · 10:39

May 27, 2014 edition

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Monday May 19, 2014 · 11:32 AM PDT

2014/05/19 · 11:32

May 19, 2014

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Monday May 12, 2014 · 11:02 AM PDT

2014/05/12 · 11:02

May 12, 2014 edition

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Wednesday May 07, 2014 · 10:38 AM PDT

2014/05/07 · 10:38

May 7, 2014 edition

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Wednesday April 30, 2014 · 1:01 PM PDT

2014/04/30 · 13:01

April 30, 2014 edition

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Sunday April 27, 2014 · 11:50 AM PDT

2014/04/27 · 11:50

April 27, 2014 edition

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In the past 12-months, how often have you called, written, emailed, or FAXed an elected representative and asked them to support common-sense gun control measures?

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In the past 12-months, how often have you called, written, emailed, or FAXed an elected representative and asked them to support common-sense gun control measures?

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Another day in the (gun crazy) U.S.A.

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Thursday April 24, 2014 · 10:17 AM PDT

2014/04/24 · 10:17

April 24, 2014 edition

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Tuesday April 22, 2014 · 1:30 PM PDT

2014/04/22 · 13:30

The National Rifle Association (NRA) website has an ongoing feature called the Armed Citizen. The feature reports stories of individuals successfully using guns either at home, on the street, or in their place of business to thwart intruders, robbers, burglars, and assailants (and, this month, an angry dog, too.). Gun-rights advocates call them “defensive gun uses” or “DGU’s.” I call them “good” uses of a gun.

During the month of March, the Armed Citizen reported five such DGU’s. The first one was dated March 18, 2014; the last one was dated March 31, 2014. You can find the feature here: http://www.nraila.org/....

However, not mentioned in the Armed Citizen was that during the 31 days of March, based on average numbers (source: http://www.bradycampaign.org), 2,604 Americans were killed by a gun (1,581 by suicide) and another 5,983 were wounded by one (310 by attempted suicide).

Those number represent “bad” uses of a gun. To put it another way, for each single “good” use of a gun as recorded in the Armed Citizen during March, there were 1,717 “bad” uses of a gun.

Tom Begnal

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Monday April 21, 2014 · 12:54 PM PDT

2014/04/21 · 12:54

April 21, 2014 edition

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