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These weapons are responsible for a minority of gun deaths in the US, but have become the weapon of choice for the assailant whose intent is chaos and casualties

In an April 2018 review of mass shootings in the us, 99 mass shootings have occurred since 1982, from which approximately 76 semi-automatic handguns and 89 assault weapons and weapons with high magazine capacity were recovered.

On May 18, 2018, a teen shooter used a shotgun and a .38-caliber revolver that he took from his father to kill 10 people and wound 10 others at Santa Fe High School in Texas; this marked the 1,686th mass shooting since Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012.

In 2017 alone, 11 mass shootings in the US caused 117 fatalities and 587 injuries occurring in concert, religious, workplace, airport, and shopping venues and in the community.

At Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. in 2012, Adam Lanza reportedly fired more than 150 shots in less than five minutes from his assault-style rifle with a high capacity magazine.

On June 12, 2016 at Pulse Nightclub, a single shooter killed 49 people and injured 53. It was the worst mass shooting in US history until the mass shooting in Las Vegas in October 2017 took 58 lives and left 546 injured.

In February 2018, a school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL left 17 people dead and 14 wounded. The teen shooter used an AR-15 semi-automatic style weapon, the same weapon used during the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

States that restrict assault weapons also have the lowest per capita homicide rates. However, because guns are easily trafficked in interstate and international commerce, federal rules are needed.

Researchers from Harvard School of Public Health demonstrated that from 1982 to 2011, mass shootings occurred every 200 days on average. From late 2011 to 214, they found mass shootings had occurred at triple that rate—every 64 days on average

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Gun violence is a leading cause of premature death in the U.S. Guns kill more than 38,000 people and cause nearly 85,000 injuries each year. As a longtime advocate for violence prevention policies, APHA recognizes a comprehensive public health approach to addressing this growing crisis is necessary.

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50 dead in Orlando gay club shooting suspect is Omar Mateen - BBC News

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Tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School: What Happened During Newtown, Connecticut Shooting?

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2 simi auto pistols and a simi auto rifle.

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why do they have access to guns like this??

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Generation at Risk | Youth Under Fire: A Normal Day | YES TV Exclusive

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"Guns kill more than 38,000 people and cause nearly 85,000 injuries each year"

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simi auto weapons are useless... I get people need to protect themselves but they can do it with pistols and normal guns. simi auto weapons are people killing machines. all of these deadly mass shootings had simi auto weapons

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The Attack: The Heroes of San Bernardino Part 1

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if you listen to the 911 call you can hear how fast that gun shoots

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more time focused on crashes than gun violence (look this up)

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most mass shootings are caused by simi auto weapons

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I didn't know that 1.7 million children live with unlocked and loaded guns. 1 out of 3 homes with kids have guns. imagine what it would be like if the children didn't have access to a gun there wouldnt be 2,824 children (age 0 to 19 years) died by gunshot and an additional 13,723 were injured (this was in 2015.) its also a proven fact that kids who grow up with guns are more likely to be more violent than other kids that don't grow up with guns.

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without guns wars and fights would be different... without guns we would have to have skilled groups of fighters larger than an army because they obviously can't do as much damage as a gun. without guns the obesity rate would go down because more people would have to join the army and become skilled with a sword/bow.

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75% of murders are caused by fire arms