According to the CDC's latest report (2017)

Bullets kill about 110 people a day.

1/3 by murder
Small % undetermined and war

In 2017 almost 40,000 Americans died by gun.

40,000

I have a really good friend who lost her friend to gun suicide three years ago. I had taught her son in third grade and truly loved him. Great kid.

In response to this post by Hockey Dad

Posted: 07/30/2019 at 2:21PM

A Gralic Festival Got Shot up. A GARLIC FESTIVAL People. -- vt_mughal 07/29/2019 5:36PM

Can you rule out vampires as suspects, or are they the prime suspects? ** -- Hokie in CT 07/30/2019 12:29PM

Yes, a guy that wanted to murder people did that. He had -- fordham 07/30/2019 10:29AM

I'm impressed the local police were able to end it within a minute. I -- Hokie360 07/29/2019 8:51PM

Only 6 weeks until the next one. You could set your watch by them. ** -- Brown Water 07/29/2019 7:22PM

6 weeks?? we've had 100 murders since this one. ** -- Hockey Dad 07/29/2019 7:31PM

According to the CDC's latest report (2017) -- Newt 07/30/2019 2:21PM

That is a normal weekend in Chicago and Bmore ** -- fordham 07/30/2019 10:26AM

Different than mass shootings in my book ** -- Brown Water 07/29/2019 7:33PM

Mass shootings are terroristic -- typed by ben 07/30/2019 06:40AM

Agry, it's night and day difference ** -- Brown Water 07/30/2019 07:00AM

Baltimore averages a murder a day. I heard about the garlic festival -- Hockey Dad 07/29/2019 6:47PM

Seems like Hampton Roads as a whole is close to that average & some of the -- Hoakie82 07/29/2019 7:44PM

49 were shot in Chicago over the weekend. -- Newt 07/29/2019 7:29PM

Boko Haram killed 65 over the weekend at a town funeral held for those who -- Vtskier1 07/29/2019 10:08PM

Too bad no one cares...so sad. ** -- EDGEMAN 07/29/2019 7:45PM

Implication being: this is what’s America. Not sure how you -- PhotoHokieNC 07/29/2019 6:11PM

He's got an agenda here -- `lag 07/29/2019 7:10PM

Welcome back - thought you mighta got lost in the 'burg. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 07/30/2019 05:59AM

Thanks, it was a fun trip, but maaaaaan, I am wiped. ** -- `lag 07/30/2019 08:04AM

Test -- `lag 07/30/2019 08:31AM

How is "Garlic Festival" any better, or worse, than school, church, etc. -- Late 80s Hokie 07/29/2019 5:43PM

Yep. Just another day -- Beerman 07/29/2019 5:43PM

Also, had three armed guys rob three 7-11’s last Thursday in Norfolk & Va -- Hoakie82 07/29/2019 6:32PM

I did hear about that -- Beerman 07/29/2019 6:35PM

You’re probably local or at least within VA I don’t think it went national. ** -- Hoakie82 07/29/2019 8:04PM

Well, it was posted on the Lounge, and I read it in Texas. so that's kinda -- Hokie360 07/29/2019 10:12PM

I imagine a lot of Texans would enjoy reading about it. Lol ** -- Hoakie82 07/30/2019 2:45PM

That's true for most of the state. But -- Hokie360 07/30/2019 2:54PM

How do you like living in Austin? I’ve never been but I hopefully one day. ** -- Hoakie82 07/30/2019 3:16PM

I like it. It's growing a lot - not the quaint college town it was a couple -- Hokie360 07/30/2019 3:53PM

No reason for it to have -- Beerman 07/29/2019 8:16PM

We did nothing. Define “we”. Define “nothing”. Then -- PhotoHokieNC 07/29/2019 6:14PM

Sure -- Beerman 07/29/2019 6:23PM

Is a percentage of America necessarily relevant? -- PhotoHokieNC 07/29/2019 6:30PM

None of these things go away. You got that right. ** -- Beerman 07/29/2019 6:36PM

According to the CDC's latest report (2017)

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