Deadly shootings in America in the last 25 years (from BBC):
- 49 dead - 53 injured - Orlando, FL (2016)
- 9 dead - 1 injured - Charleston, SC (2015)
- 14 dead - 21 injured - San Bernardino, CA (2015)
- 27 dead - 2 injured - Sandy Hook, CT (2012)
- 12 dead - 70 injured - Aurora, CO (2012)
- 13 dead - 4 injured - Binghamton, NY (2009)
- 13 dead - 32 injured - Fort Hood, TX (2009)
- 32 dead - 17 injured - Virginia Tech, VA (2007)
- ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN EXPIRES (2004)
- 13 dead - 23 injured - Columbine, CO (1999)
- 23 dead - 20 injured - Killeen, TX (1991)
And let's just add to this some of the gun deaths and injuries reported by local news in this month alone (June 2016) ...
- Various shootings in Chicago, June 11-12 (IL) - 7 dead - 35 injured
- Christina Grimmie, June 11 (FL) - 2 dead
- UCLA shooting, June 1 (CA) - 3 dead
- Suspect shot and killed in Walmart, June 13 (TX) - 1 dead
- Shooting in Cambridge, June 12 (MA) - 1 injured
- Shooting in Farmington, June 12 (CT) - 3 injured
Ummm ... Kind of at a loss for words here. Not really sure where to start ... but breaking our addiction to guns might not be a bad first step.