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Originally Posted by Grapesoda
if all guns crimes EXCEPT mass shooting were stopped... gun violence would almost be completely gone....  |
In 2012 there were roughly 88 people killed in the US due to mass shootings (there were 16 mass shootings). There were about 32,000 people killed by guns. That means the total deaths from mass shootings was equal to about 1 average day of gun deaths in this country.
As you say, if we wiped out everything but the mass shooting, gun deaths would be all but gone.
If more background checks and a little tighter regulation on buying guns can reduce the number of gun deaths by 20% that is about 6,500 per year which is pretty substantial.
I was just reading that at we are on pace to set a record. In 2015 we will likely have more people killed by guns in this country than car accidents. Pretty crazy when you think about it.