Time to put an end to this
Although mass shootings are not unique to the U.S., the country has the highest rate of gun deaths among rich countries—more than eight times higher than Canada and nearly 100 times higher than the U.K. https://t.co/F2VTxieBoz
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) May 27, 2022
A study of 29 countries found that the U.S. accounted for almost 97% of *all* firearm deaths among kids 4 years old or younger.
— NPR (@NPR) May 28, 2022
One main factor in the staggering death toll: the nearly 400 million civilian-owned guns in the U.S.https://t.co/QadAaP9JGr
The U.S. "has 120 firearms per 100 people — more than twice as many per capita than war-torn Yemen, the next highest country on the list."@AlexanderSmith reports for @NBCNews
— Joy Y. Wang (@joyywang) May 25, 2022
Texas school shooting latest reminder U.S. is global outlier on guns https://t.co/DcB2fQTHeM
Every single policy decision has trade-offs. What Republicans have decided, even if they won't say it out loud, is that dead kids are an unfortunate but acceptable trade-off to unregulated gun access. My latest: https://t.co/CrY7kAcxSX
— Tyler Dinucci!! (@TylerDinucci) May 27, 2022
People I respect are saying that most or many Americans want such easy, unregulated access to high-powered weapons that they are willing to tolerate repeated killings in schools. I wonder. Are we really that different from other countries? https://t.co/CXCRyVrDLr
— Reed Hundt (@rehundt) May 27, 2022
At the time of Sandy Hook the rate was “only” ~88 guns per 100 residents in the US; now it’s 121 per 100 residents. https://t.co/4XDz88ZOJE
— Tony Fratto (@TonyFratto) May 29, 2022
A Land Without Guns: How Japan Virtually Eliminated Shooting Deaths https://t.co/3zGoXdpWzG
— Max Fisher (@Max_Fisher) May 25, 2022
The only variable that can explain the high rate of mass shootings in America is its astronomical number of guns. https://t.co/yppvN7CAHW
— Max Fisher (@Max_Fisher) March 17, 2021
It's the guns. pic.twitter.com/AzTZEe88TB
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) May 26, 2022
I love how Americans are like “gun reform won’t work” and everybody around the globe are just commenting how gun reform helped their countries.
— $MICK (@ilovesmick) May 25, 2022
This is an interesting stat I’ve seen posted today. pic.twitter.com/DbABxV6lEL
It's the guns. pic.twitter.com/csWiIPNlbE
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) June 12, 2022
Sad! 