StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: gun control

Four victims, at least ... to count as a "mass" shooting. . On that basis, 632 might become as much 684 by the end of December, if the weekly average is consistent. There were 39 incidents in the first 24 days of 2023. hmmm, the jump in 2019 - 2020 *might* be related to the stresses caused by covid regulations during the global pandemic, some affects of which are still present. . not my image : fair use & public education

I strongly suspect that some the steep climbs in the "more strict" thinkers came about because of the repeated mass shootings of young school children, specifically Sandy Hook in 2012 and Uvalde in 2022. Plus the Las Vegas massacre in 2017 when 60 died and over 410 were wounded in a 1,000 round spree. Compare to the UK reaction to the 1996 Dunblane massacre. It took to 2010 before the UK had another comparable event. [Hungerford was in 1987] . not my image : fair use & public education

Just shows how well regulated gun ownership is in the UK ! {the 1996 Dunblane & 2010 Cumbrian mass shooting events both affected how the UK population viewed firearms}. note - dates for the periods covered do not fully overlap, but data are still comparable. . not my image : fair use & public education

Disgustingly, I think that the massive 2013 increase in the "gun rights" lobbying expenditure was largely in response to the outrage expressed over the 26 victims in Sandy Hook school shooting / massacre on 12 Dec 2012. The outrage developed into a campaign for greater levels of gun control. The victims were 20 children between 6 & 7 years old plus six adults and the perpetrator's mother was also killed by him earlier. [ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting ]

updated - prev version was for 2020 - there has been an overall increase of almost 10 deaths per day ! How the gun-related deaths in USA are split between murders, suicides and 'other' ... . . Not my Image : Fair Use & public information

Aftermath of the Uvalde mass school shooting [2 teachers & 19 elementary school students - shot dead by one brat] . . Not my Image : Fair Use & public information

Yet again, another mass shooting at a school in the USA. 24th May 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. Victims were 2 teachers & 19 elementary schoolkids shot & killed by 1 brat with a gun. So, the USA will go around the cycle yet again. The NRA will throw enough money & mis-information to prevent the gun control lobby achieving any result, despite public opinion in the immediate aftermath. . . Not my Image : Fair Use & public information

And there's more ... 24th May 2022, Uvalde, Texas ... 2 teachers, 19 students shot by one mass murderer. [which would become no.7 on that list] . Not my Image : Fair Use & public information

How the gun-related deaths in USA are split between murders, suicides and ... . . Not my Image : Fair Use & public information

Another variation on negotiation trumps guns and bombs. Not my image : Fair use - comment & educational purposes

webfind - and very much to the point. (13 March 1996 was the date of the Dunblane school massacre, so excluding terrorist attacks, the Cumbria Shootings on 2nd June 2010 and the previous spree at Hungerford on 19 August 1987 have been the only such events in the UK *) source: Dunblane Humanists. Not my Image : Fair Use & public information originally posted on 27th February 2018 [ 107 visits when re-posted] e2a - a pupil in that school was Andy Murray, now a star tennis player ! e2a2 - * Sadly, a further event on 12 August 2021 in Plymouth, resulted in 5 deaths and 2 more wounded. [excluding the perpetrator, and he shot himself].