Gun Violence is a National Epidemic

” Gun Violence is a National Epidemic ”
” Tourist shot dead protecting his baby from attack by gunman ‘on mushrooms’ in Florida ”
” Female high school wrestling star shot dead in Chicago after Halloween shopping trip”
Every day, 106 Americans are killed and over 200 are injured by firearms. Americans should be outraged because this type of horror should never be acceptable in a civilized society. It’ time that “We the People of the United States ” stand together to confront the daily threats of gun violence before it becomes an uncontrollable epidemic.

Unfortunately, the facts show that we need to act soon.
” The Small Arms Survey stated that the U.S. civilians alone account for 393 million (about 46 percent) of the worldwide total of civilian-held firearms. This amounts to 120.5 firearms for every 100 residents. ” If that’s not alarming, how about these facts:

” An abuser’s access to a firearms increases the risk of femicide by at least 400% ”
” Women in the U.S. are 11 times more likely to be murdered with a gun than in other high-income nations “

It’s clear that we arexperiencing a record level of gun and domestic violence in America. However, the violence and deaths in our streets, neighborhoods, and homes will increase exponentially if we continue to legislate with “Band-Aid solutions”. WE MUST ACT NOW and pass common-sense gun laws, like the ones addressed by the Violence Project, to protect our people from the unimaginable carnage that’s quickly approaching. Did you know that researchers from this project concluded last February that 147 of the 167 mass shootings since 1996 could have been avoided? “This included all but one mass shootings in th