More Gun Deaths Since 1968 Than War Deaths In All Of American History!

The crazy lack of gun control, in the midst of the growing level of violence in America in the past half century is a sign of a massive crisis that Congress, under Republican leadership, refuses to deal with, due to the dominating influence of the National Rifle Association and its public spokesman, Wayne La Pierre, who has blood on his hands, as the NRA even opposed basic background checks, or denying people on the Transportation Security Administration Watch List for airline passengers the right to purchase firearms!

This is total insanity, particularly after the Sandy Hook Elementary School Massacre in 2012; all of the mass shootings since then; and the newly fresh San Bernadino, California Massacre two days ago!

A particular statistic that is a sign of the reality of this crisis is what Hillary Clinton said yesterday, that we are losing 90 people every day to gun violence!

But also, the statistic that since 1968, nearly 1.5 million Americans have died from gun violence, while ALL war deaths in all of American history total, by comparison, only close to 1.2 million people!

So in the past 47 years, 300,000 more Americans have died than all war deaths in the American Revolution; the War of 1812; the Mexican War; the Civil War; the Spanish American War; World War I; World War II; the Korean War;  the Vietnam War; the Persian Gulf War; the Afghanistan War; and the Iraq War!

How much longer can this nation suffer under refusal to do anything to deal with this disaster, which if a health crisis due to disease, would have led to rapid federal action to resolve the issue?

What will convince Congress, and particularly the Republican Party, to react?  Will the tragedy of harm to the President, Vice President, or Presidential candidates, or any other public figures, due to lack of action and concern, even lead to changes, as we had the Brady Bill, a decade after the assassination attempt against President Ronald Reagan, which was allowed to expire in 2004 by lack of action by President George W. Bush?

Will ANY tragedy lead to action?  Right now, it seems unlikely, crazy as that concept is!

4 comments on “More Gun Deaths Since 1968 Than War Deaths In All Of American History!

  1. Ronald December 4, 2015 7:11 pm

    This character should be arrested and prosecuted for promoting terrorism, and creating the danger of civil disorder!

  2. Former Republican December 5, 2015 8:59 am

    I saw on the news this morning that some sheriff in New York is telling gun owners to carry weapons. These gun nuts scare me more than some Middle Eastern terrorist.

  3. Ronald December 5, 2015 11:41 am

    Yes, Former Republican, I fear a wave of murders now, and being endorsed by sheriffs who should NOT be in office!

    In New York City, the Police Commissioner condemned such extremist reaction, rightfully.

    If I were a Muslim or looked like one, and Israelis for one, and Arab Christians for two, DO look similar to Muslims, I would now be afraid to appear in public places, very sad and troubling!

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