CNN uses Gun Violence Archive as their source for that number, as does that Wikipedia article. That link actually shows 49, which means there was another mass shooting in the hour since my previous comment. Way to go Amerikkka
Or like the Las Vegas mass shooting. When was that exactly? ~5 years ago? All these shootings blend together in my mind even though that one had ~900 people injured.
When they use that weaselly passive voice it means it was likely the cops who shot them. Just like that Houston church shooting the other day, if they say "people were shot struck" but don't directly say it was the shooter in question then it was probably the cops who did it.
there is a children's hospital very close to where this happened, its one of the best children's hospitals in the nation. and some of the best gsw triage specialists in the area are nearby as well
The grimmest and most American set of sentences ever written
Yes. Kansas City has had a lot of gun violence. Less in recent years I believe, but it is pretty bad. Missouri laws/beliefs are kind of a cross between the South and deranged libertarians for the most part.
As soon as you are 18 you can walk into any Walmart and get a rifle iirc, and it is shockingly ezpz to buy guns off the internet and have them shipped here. You have to ship it to a dealer who has an FFL, but still. Someone with an FFL can be just some guy.
KC is alright, especially compared to the rural areas, but everyone is packing. It's very common to know someone who has been shot.
Also maybe less grim but unclear from my post i think, Truman Hospital is an adult hospital, that's where the specialists are. Everyone knows to go there if you wanna survive a gunshot wound
The only tangible outcome of the war on terrorism for Americans is that our surgeons got much better at treating bullet wounds. Less people die from bullet wounds, but more people go into debilitating medical debt now. America is a fuck.
The more Americans that kill each other off, the better off the planet will be. Until they start using nukes on each other. Then it will suck for the rest of us.