Mass Shootings in the United States

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Another tragic event happened yesterday in Washington, DC.  It is unthinkable how many incidents of this kind we have had to endure in the United States of America.

I will ask many questions in today’s blog and, quite frankly, I don’t have the answers.

Would you believe that there have been 31 Mass Shooting incidents in our country, starting with Columbine High School in Colorado in 1999, including Monday’s Navy Yard shooting?

Number of innocent children and adults killed: 278 (And by the way, this number may grow if more victims die as a result of the Navy Yard shooting)

278 families lost someone they loved over the past 14 years.

Are Mass Shootings becoming routine?  Are we in some sort of denial?  Are we just accepting this violence? 

Why are there so many sick people out on our streets that perpetrate crimes like these in places like these?

Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut

Clackamas Town Center, Oregon

Oak Creek, Wisconsin.

Accent Signage Systems in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Aurora, Colorado

Seattle, Washington

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Oakland, California

Chardon High School in Chardon, Ohio

Seal Beach, California

Carson City, Nevada

Tucson, Arizona

Manchester, Connecticut

Fort Hood, Texas

Carthage, North Carolina

Northern Illinois University

Binghamton, New York

Kirkwood, Missouri

Omaha, Nebraska

Virginia Tech

Salt Lake City

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Seattle, Washington

Red Lake Senior High School, Red Lake, Minnesota

Brookfield, Wisconsin

Meridian, Mississippi

Wakefield, Massachusetts

Fort Worth, Texas

Atlanta, Georgia

Columbine, Colorado

There is not enough room in this blog to scratch the surface of American’s “right to bear arms.”

Instead, let’s look for answers in the breakdown of our mental health system, our law enforcement infrastructure and budget cuts at the Federal and State levels.

It’s not a matter of will there be another Mass Shooting ─ it’s when?

So what can or should we do? 

The madness has to stop.

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I look forward to your comments.

 ─Jeff Wald, Executive Director, Mobile Generated News®, Los Angeles.

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