Mass shootings in 2023 in our country

Month         Number      Dead            Wounded

January        52                 87                 295                                                                             February      43                 54                160                                                                                                              March          39                 55                105

90 days       134              196                 560     

We have averaged more than a mass shooting every day since the first of the year. It appears that we live in a violent county.  The chart following shows homicide by gun and gun ownership in several countries. The “Rate” is per 100,000 and the number of guns is per 100.

Country       Rate  Deaths          Continent          Region # of Guns

Ukraine	5.2	2,356	Europe	Eastern Europe	6.6
Cuba	5.0	563	Americas	Caribbean	4.8
United States	4.2	12,996	Americas	Northern America	112.6
Palestine	4.1	145+	Asia	Western Asia	3.4
Cambodia	3.4	448	Asia	South-Eastern Asia	4.3
Iran	3.0	2,215	Asia	Southern Asia	7.3
Afghanistan	2.4	712+	Asia	Central Asia	4.6
Syria	2.3	463+	Asia	Western Asia	3.9
Finland *	2.2	118	Europe	Northern Europe	32
Iraq	2.0	608+	Asia	Western Asia	34.2
Belgium	1.7	180	Europe	Western Europe	17.2
Canada	1.6	554	Americas	Northern America	30.8
Vietnam	1.6	1,346	Asia	South-Eastern Asia	1.7
Slovakia	1.5	84	Europe	Eastern Europe	8.3
Croatia	1.4	62	Europe	Southern Europe	21.7
Morocco	1.4	447	Africa	Northern Africa	5
Hungary *	1.3	133	Europe	Eastern Europe	5.5
Egypt	1.2	992	Africa	Northern Africa	3.5
Ireland *	1.2	54	Europe	Northern Europe	8.6
Portugal *	1.2	124	Europe	Southern Europe	8.5
Serbia *	1.2	123	Europe	Southern Europe	58.2
France *	1.1	682	Europe	Western Europe	31.2
Netherlands *	1.1	179	Europe	Western Europe	3.9
Poland *	1.1	436	Europe	Eastern Europe	1.3
Australia	1.0	229	Oceania	Australasia	15
Sweden *	1.0	91	Europe	Northern Europe	31.6
Denmark *	0.9	47	Europe	Northern Europe	12
Italy *	0.9	529	Europe	Southern Europe	11.9
New Zealand	0.9	39	Oceania	Australasia	22.6
Germany *	0.8	690	Europe	Western Europe	30.3
Spain *	0.8	390	Europe	Southern Europe	10.4
Slovenia *	0.7	15	Europe	Southern Europe	13.5
Switzerland *	0.7	52	Europe	Western Europe	45.7
Austria *	0.6	56	Europe	Western Europe	30.4
Norway *	0.6	29	Europe	Northern Europe	31.3
Iceland *	0.3	1	Europe	Northern Europe	30.3
Japan	0.3	442	Asia	Eastern Asia	.6
Singapore	0.3	16	Asia	South-Eastern Asia	.5

Homicide by gun is more than 4 times the average for EU countries. 4.2 for the US vs 1.0 for the Eu. There are reasonable solutions available that will save lives and still allow for reasonable gun ownership (both for sport and protection). The vast majority of the voting public wants to see change, but what stops legislation? How important is gun lobby political financing to our elected representatives? Is reelection more important than saving lives?

One example would be the changes that Australia made via legislation. Admittedly passing the change cost several Aussie politicians their jobs. Could that be a factor? The facts are that homicide by gun went down by 57% after the change and now equals the average for the EU at 1.0 per 100,000.