Four Years After Sandy Hook- More GUNS. More SHOOTINGS. Less REGULATION.

It's been four years since the horrific Sandy Hook mass shooting and the risk of it happening again is the EXACT fucking same because of our cowardly politicians. Francis Maxwell gives you The Breakdown on gun control in the United States. Read Francis' blog here

Friday, December 12th 2012, the day that shook the world when a gunman entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, and tragically claimed the lives of 20 children and 6 educators. Wednesday, December 12th, 2016, marks the 4 year anniversary, time has passed, but several things remain the same. Our hearts still ache, fear still abounds, and the risk of this happening again in this country remains the exact fucking same as it did on that day, because our laws on gun control have not changed. In fact the NRA has never been in a better position.

On that day the Obama administration vowed, as many administrations have in the past after a mass shooting, to fight for justice for the victims, to help make this country a safer place by enacting stricter gun control. Since that day however, there have been at least 1,234 mass shootings, with at least 1,358 people killed and 4,888 wounded. According to United Nations data, the US has had an average of 29.7 firearm homicides per 1 million people, while countries such as Switzerland have 7.7, Canada have 5.1, and Germany have 1.9. Now it’s important to understand the difference in population. America makes up 4.4 percent of the global population but possesses 42 percent of the world’s civilian-owned guns, and that number is growing.

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