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Bombings and Shootings: What Are the Facts?
Written by Elliott Morss, Morss Global Finance
Guns and Bombs
We are all at least temporarily stunned by the bombings at the Boston Marathon where tragically three people were killed and many injured. And before that, it was mass shootings. And as a result of the shootings, attention is focused on more thorough background checks, limitations on the number of bullets a gun can shoot without reloading, whether or not assault weapons should be banned, the Second Amendment, etc. In short, there is a sense is that something more is needed to curb gun deaths. And most certainly something more should be done: three people dead in Boston, but every day in the US, an average of 85 people die of gunshots. But that is not newsworthy gun deaths are an all too common occurrence to interest the media. Just remember: 85 gun deaths daily. Read more »
2013-04-18 16:02:14
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