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'Nothing We Can Do' and Other Lies About Gun Violence | Jim Wallis

Suppose we arm everyone -- do we really want to live in that kind of country and raise our children there? Or send our children to college on those campuses, as I will do for the first time next fall?

"...since 1970, more Americans have died from guns than died in all U.S. wars going back to the American Revolution. That's about 1.4 million war deaths since 1775, compared to about 1.45 million gun deaths since 1970...

in America, more preschoolers are shot dead each year (82 in 2013) than police officers are in the line of duty (27 in 2013)...

Including 9/11, a total of 3380 people have died from terrorism since 2001, while 406,496 people have died from firearms. This disparity is both ironic and revealing given the differences on coverage and tone from the media.

Almost 300 mass shootings (defined as shootings where at least 4 people were wounded or killed) have already taken place this year."