I believe mass murders represent about 1% of gun deaths. While this is tragic, nearly two-thirds of the gun deaths are from suicide. We rarely hear anything about those deaths in the media. However, the one thing they both have in common is mental health.
From a media point of view, mass murders make better news and then politicians respond to the media coverage. That is one of the reasons we are where we are. By the way, I believe about 75% of the guns used in mass murders are pistols and less than 10% are semi-automatic rifles. Anyone wonder why the media focuses on semi-automatic rifles in their coverage? Just sayin ...
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Originally Posted by Jima64
The last few mass murderers legally bought weapons, had no criminal or social record that would prevent them. Proposed new legislation would not have kept yhem from doing so. Obama and Fienstein need to realize this. I was in San Francisco when Diane rose to power with the shooting of the mayor and supervisor. She is so narrow minded and focused on something that won't work.
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