How Many People Have Been Killed by Guns Since Newtown? 387 Excellent> (interactive map)
Since the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, we at Slate have been wondering how many people are dying from guns in America every day.
That information is surprisingly hard to come by. The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, for example, has a tally atop its website of “people shot in America.” That number, though, is an estimate, based on the number of gun injuries and deaths recorded by the CDC in 2008 and 2009, the most recent years for which statistics are available. It seems shocking that when guns are in the headlines every day, there’s no one attempting to create a real-time chronicle of the deaths attributable to guns in the United States.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/crime/2012/12/gun_death_tally_every_american_gun_death_since_newtown_sandy_hook_shooting.html
I posted this the other day, it didn't get any attention. Figured DU was no longer interested, can see now some still are.
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with far more deaths in the east. When you consider California's large population, there should be more there. So what is it about the west coast that makes gun violence there less of a problem?
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so that's 7,000 plus a year, but if they are missing 8 a day, it's over 10,000...
On Aug. 2, police pulled Porter’s car over to arrest him on a warrant in connection with the shooting. They allegedly found a sawed-off 9mm Luger rifle, more than half a gram of cocaine and the anti-anxiety drug alprazolam, better known by the brand name Xanax.
http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130104/CITYANDREGION/130109662/1010
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Friday, January 4 2013, 02:50 PM CST
Deputies Surround Shooting Suspect In Wimberley
Deputies with the Hays County Sheriff's Office say they've surrounded a shooting suspect at a home near Wimberley High School.
Deputies say that at around noon they responded to a shooting call at a home in the 300 block of Rader Ranch Road, in a neighborhood directly behind Wimberley High School.
The victim has been taken to a hospital in Austin -- her/his status is unknown. The shooter is barricaded in a residence, according to deputies.
Due to the proximity of the incident and Wimberley High School, the school was put on lockdown. The children and all staff members that were in the school are safe, according to deputies.
We have a crew on the way to the scene and we will update this story as we learn more.
http://keyetv.com/news/top-stories/stories/deputies-surround-shooting-suspect-wimberley-6222.shtml?wap=0
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Police seized a .22-caliber rifle with a 25-round magazine, a .30-06 rifle, a .22-caliber revolver and an empty vodka bottle.
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2013/01/alaska_woman_charged_with_shoo.html
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PIERRE | A 16-year-old Pierre boy has pleaded not guilty to charges connected to the fatal shooting of a classmate.
Braiden McCahren is charged with first-degree murder in the Dec. 18 shooting of 16-year-old Dalton Williams. If convicted of that murder charge, he could be sentenced to up to life in prison.
McCahren also is charged with attempted first-degree murder and aggravated assault because he allegedly pointed a gun at a third 16-year-old boy who was also in the house.
http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/pierre-teen-pleads-not-guilty-in-fatal-shooting/article_c03d72e5-bc4a-5f36-985e-1a9ebf71f788.html
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Second shooting in two days on East Oakland street wounds bystander
http://www.contracostatimes.com/rss/ci_22311684?source=rss
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Seventeen day before the shooting, Scott was arrested in Corning for allegedly choking his wife at the Radisson Hotel. They were in Corning for a concert, police said.
http://www.the-leader.com/news/x1781254925/Man-suspected-of-shooting-toddler-surrenders
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California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a vocal gun control advocate who has pushed for an assault weapon ban in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting in Connecticut last month, said in a statement that her thoughts and prayers were with the victims of this latest shooting.
"I have visited this school over the years—in fact, my own father attended Taft Union," Feinstein said.
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/NATL-LA-Two-Shot-at-Taft-Union-High-School-in-Kern-County-186337852.html
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http://www.abc24.com/news/local/story/Double-Shooting-among-Neighbors-Leaves-One-Dead/eOSalZwldUyOj9eBsen_dQ.cspx?rss=59
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Daniel Vail, 19, was shot and killed after he aimed a shotgun at two deputies and refused to drop the weapon, authorities said.
Vail had been a suspect in a Jan. 8 home invasion involving a shotgun and baseball bats.
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Daniel-Vail-Suspect-Home-Invasion-Police-Shooting.html
