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Gun Violence Killed At Least 80 People The Week Prior To Elliot Rodger's Rampage
The Memorial Day weekend saw a community eviscerated by gun violence that left several dead and many more injured.
That these shootings failed to garner the national attention that the one in Isla Vista did shouldn't shock anyone who has followed the gun control debate. High-profile instances of gun violence are more likely to grab the spotlight than the everyday scourge of gun-related killings. And certainly, the shooting of three (and stabbing of three others) by the 22-year-old son of a Hollywood director who happened to leave a dark, depressing trail of self-made YouTube videos qualifies as high-profile.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/28/gun-violence-elliot-rodger_n_5400910.html
This violence has to stop.
