Cenk Uygur
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Shooting Deaths After Sandy Hook Gun Massacre
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December 18, 2012
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December 18, 2012
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8:05Now Playing"In the wake of the second deadliest mass shooting in our nation's history, in which 20 young children and six adults were murdered at Shady Hook Elementary School during a year in which there have been 12 other mass murders with guns in the United States, many are asking, will anything be done to reduce the carnage?
First, let's dispense with the notion that guns are irrelevant. Does our nation face unusually high rates of mass killings because we have so many more evil or dangerously mentally ill people? If you compare rates of crime and mental illness, you will find that the United States is not significantly different from other high-income countries.*
In the weekend following the shocking gun massacre in Sandy Hook, a huge number of gun deaths occurred. Though, this enormous number is fairly typical; we've only noticed because of Friday's events. As Cenk Uygur explains, the time for change is now.
*Read more from Daniel Webster/ New York Daily News
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