More Than 500 People Were Shot In America During the Week After Orlando

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In the early morning of Sunday, June 12, shortly after the Pulse nightclub gunman was killed by police, Camarillo Pedro Lara, 48, was found shot to death in the passenger seat of a car in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Around the time that Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer broke the news that the massacre at the venue had claimed 49 lives, making it the deadliest mass shooting on American soil in modern history, a woman in Fountain, Colorado, found a note tacked to her neighbor’s fence: “Call 911 killed Val and myself,” it read. Inside the home, police found 60-year-old Merwin Rowe dead of a self-inflicted shotgun blast. The body of Valerie Hills, 56, lay beside him.

On Sunday night, shortly before the names of victims began trickling out from news outlets, 24-year-old Perez Villa Rufino was unintentionally shot and killed by a friend while they were play-fighting with a rifle in Queens, New York.

The week wore on. Investigators sought clues, senators filibustered, lobbyists angled. And as during quieter times, shootings claimed dozens more lives every day.

https://www.thetrace.org/2016/06/everyday-gun-violence-orlando-pulse-nightclub-shooting/

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1. Remember the Deficit Counter?

It was before and during Bill Clinton's presidency. The sign was in New York City and constantly changed as the deficit increased. This sign got a lot of publicity and had a lot to do with keeping the deficit on people's minds. We need a gun deaths counter now so people can get a real feel for how many people are being killed by guns each day.

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2. gun owners had a busy week using guns for their intended purpose nt

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3. It's hard work, being so responsible all the time.