https://padlet.com/samuel_mcmillan/5emq1mnxgen5 Made with a taste for adventure en-us 2017-11-14 18:15:22 UTC 2017-11-14 18:36:35 UTC hello@padlet.com samuel_mcmillan https://padlet.com/samuel_mcmillan/5emq1mnxgen5/wish/206880568 In 2005, out of a total of 541 firearm-related deaths in Kentucky, 375 were gun-shot suicides (69%), homicides accounted for 143, accidents claimed 11, nine died in police shootings, and three fatalities were unspecified.¹ During 2006 and 2007, again, approximately 70 percent of gun-shot deaths were suicides.¹Most Americans are unaware that gun-shot suicide occurs much more often than all other shooting deaths combined.


https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2848468/]]> 2017-11-14 18:16:31 UTC https://padlet.com/samuel_mcmillan/5emq1mnxgen5/wish/206880568 samuel_mcmillan https://padlet.com/samuel_mcmillan/5emq1mnxgen5/wish/206882116 ''People who are shot are substantially more likely to die than people injured with nongun weapons,''

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/27/health/vital-signs-cause-and-effect-linking-guns-and-gun-violence.html]]> 2017-11-14 18:18:54 UTC https://padlet.com/samuel_mcmillan/5emq1mnxgen5/wish/206882116 samuel_mcmillan https://padlet.com/samuel_mcmillan/5emq1mnxgen5/wish/206887906 Having a gun in the house also increases your own chances of becoming the victim of a firearm-related homicide or suicide in the home

https://www.safewise.com/resources/guns-at-home]]> 2017-11-14 18:28:30 UTC https://padlet.com/samuel_mcmillan/5emq1mnxgen5/wish/206887906 samuel_mcmillan https://padlet.com/samuel_mcmillan/5emq1mnxgen5/wish/206890670 Last year, violence there reached levels not seen since the late 1990s, with 3,550 shooting incidents and 762 murders. And the city's kids were often the unintended victims of a spiking crime rate

https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-01-04/families-chicago-are-tired-gun-violence-will-2017-be-different-th]]> 2017-11-14 18:32:40 UTC https://padlet.com/samuel_mcmillan/5emq1mnxgen5/wish/206890670