Since 9 11. These horrific events have in some ways come to define the United States. Every day in 2014, 92 people were killed with a gun, on average. In total, there were almost 11,000 gun murders, more than 21,000 gun suicides and over 81,000 nonfatal gun injuries that year. Compared to other rich countries, americas gun violence is on another planet. In 2011, the United States had over seven times as many as gun homicides per 100,000 people as did canada. Over 50 times as many as germany and almost 60 times as many as the united kingdom, according to gunpolicy. Org. So can americans learn something from other countries on this crucial issue of keeping its citizens safe . In this hour, were going to travel the world to look for solutions. Gun violence rates in one country are a fraction of americas levels. Well visit another nation where liberals and conservatives reached agreement on gun control and afterwards, shootings plummeted. But first lets visit a country where the people are
In total. There were almost 11,000 gun murders. More than 21,000 gun suicides and over 81,000 nonfatal gun injuries that year. Compared to other rich countries, americas gun violence is on another planet. In 2011, the United States had seven times as many gun suicides as canada, over 50 times as many as germany and almost 60 times as many as the united kingdom. According to gun policy. Org. So can americans learn something from other countries on this crucial issue . Of keeping its citizens safe . This hour, were going to travel the world. To look for solutions. Well individual sit a country that shares the countrys love for gun. Well visit another nation where liberals and conservatives reached a conclusion about gun control. But first lets visit a country where people are obsessed with violent video games. Is gun violence a big problem there . Lets find out. In the weeks following the new town massacre, a clearer picture of the shooter adam lanza began to emerge. Alienated and alone,
Countries . What does the Second Amendment actually say . What could the United States government do to keep its citizens safer . Call this the stop the madness show. And now heres my take. He was a sick man a demented man. That was donald trump trying to explain the latest mass shooting in the United States. We hear this view expressed routinely after every new incident but it is a dodge, a distortion of the facts and a cop out as to the necessary response. Theres no evidence that the las vegas shooter was insane. Youll notice by the way i prefer not to use his name and give him publicity. We wont show his photo either. He did not have a history of Mental Illness that we know of nor reported for behavior that would suggest any such condition. He was clearly an evil man. But evil is not crazy. If we define the attempt to take an innocent human beings life as madness, then, of course, every murderer is mad. If not we should recognize it is a meaningless term that adds little to our unde
Dead. Another shooting, another angry young man. Weve seen too many tragedies like this. Pittsburgh. It has happened again. A mass shooting in america. Multiple casualties, shelter in place. Police cars everywhere. Contact shots fired shots fired guns drawn. Rifles. It was surreal. Thousand oaks. Witnesses described a scene of sheer panic. The same old questions after lives are stolen in another senseless rampage. These horrific events have in some ways come to define the United States. Every day in 2016, on average, more than 100 people were killed with a gun in america. In total that year, there were more than 14,000 gun murders and more than 23,000 gun suicides according to the u. S. Government. Compared to other rich countries, americas gun violence is on another planet. In 2013, the United States had over nine times as many gun homicides per hundred thousand people as canada did, over 50 times as many as germany, and almost 90 times as many as the united kingdom, according to gunp
17, 17 people, mostly students, dead. Another shooting, another angry young man. Weve seen too many tragedies like this. Pittsburgh. It has happened again. A mass shooting in america. Multiple casualties, shelter in place. Police cars everywhere. Contact shots fired shots fired guns drawn. Rifles. It was surreal. Thousand oaks. Witnesses described a scene of sheer panic. The same old questions after lives are stolen in another senseless rampage. These horrific events have in some ways come to define the United States. Every day in 2016, on average, more than 100 people were killed with a gun in america. In total that year, there were more than 14,000 gun murders and more than 23,000 gun suicides according to the u. S. Government. Compared to other rich countries, americas gun violence is on another planet. In 2013, the United States had over nine times as many gun homicides per hundred thousand people as canada did, over 50 times as many as germany, and almost 90 times as many as the u