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Monday, January 28th, 2019

1 Week in America: A Slew of Gun Violence Goes Under the Radar

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Source:     axios
Publication Date:     27 January 2019
 Link: 1 Week in America: A Slew of Gun Violence Goes Under the Radar
Stephan:   With the constant political sewage streaming out of Trump world everything else, like the endless gun violence that kills thousands of Americans each year, just gets lost. Here is just one week's worth. Welcome to America.

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A rash of mass shooting incidents across the United States were forced under the radar last week as cable news largely focused on the the indictment of former Trump political adviser Roger Stone and the end of the longest government shutdown in modern history.

The big picture: A number of last week’s mass shooting incidents and threats specifically targeted women and other family members, highlighting the harrowing statistic that women in the U.S. are 16 times more likely to be killed by gun violence than in other developed countries.

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  • Yesterday: NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities in Louisiana said they are searching for an “armed and dangerous” 21-year-old accused of killing his parents and three others in two separate but related shootings.
  • Yesterday: “Three men were shot and killed … in Southeast Washington, D.C. police chief Peter Newsham said. In a separate incident earlier in the day another homicide was reported in Northeast.” (WashPost)
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    1 Comment

    1. Rev. Dean on Monday, January 28, 2019 at 5:17 am

      We do not get that many shootings here in Pa., but the one in State College was a bad one, and does go relatively unnoticed except by local news outlets.