This story is from February 15, 2018

Gun ownership in the US responsible for Florida shooting?

| Priya Kapoor | TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Feb 15, 2018, 18:08 IST

Horror returned in the US again on February 14, 2018 when at leas... Read More

FLORIDA SHOOTING
IS NOT THE FIRST THIS YEAR
In the first two months of 2018, there have been 18 school shootings across the US--an average of one school shooting every 60 hours. Before the Florida shooting, three deaths took place in school shootings this year

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GUN ATTACKS IN THE US HAVE BECOME DEADLIERThe

Las Vegas

attack in 2017 was the worst in recent US history claiming lives of 59 people and leaving 527 injured, followed by the

Orlando

nightclub massacre in 2016.

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AMERICA LOSES MORE TO GUNS THAN WARMore Americans have died from firearms in the last two decades than in America's global war on terror.

BUT GUN DEATHS ARE NOT JUST ABOUT HOMICIDESOf 33,599 gun deaths in the US between 2012 and 2014, 11,726 were homicides and a whopping 21,058 were suicides.

IS GUN OWNERSHIP THE PROBLEM?
Gun ownership in the US is high around 40 per cent of households in the US own one or more firearms.

Source: Statista & News reports

Top Comment

Paramdham Param

2528 days ago

what %of films spewed from holly wood,""independent" "arty-farty" center around violence, sleaze,crime horror,denigrating decent behavior.what % of the entertanment dished out is bad language, death,killings,porn of all shades?do all these not contribute to crime and violence?--only possession of guns? of the 40% of gun ownership, how many were not used ?how many for sports ?how many for hunting?what% in cities and metroswhat%in rural forest bordering communities?gun ownership by itself may not be the culprit,but indiscipline, drugs and such may be the cause worth pondering

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