Yesterday, the Caprica City police were called to my building because one of my neighbours - who has been going downhill for quite some time - assaulted two other neighbours with a cattle prod. He was armed, dangerous, uncooperative, delusional, withdrawing from meth, and hopped-up on Red Bull. He was taken into custody with non-lethal force. They used the Arwen on him four times (!), then Tasered him. He may have suffered a broken pinkie when he fell to the ground. According to police, he will likely be charged with assault and then transferred to hospital for psychiatric assessment. The pinkie will be checked by medical staff when he arrives at the lockup.
Oh, did I mention no bullets flew and nobody died?
US Deaths by gun violence Sunday, 8/18/19
18
US Injuries by gun violence Sunday, 8/18/19:
58
Incidents in 25 states*
*Does not include shootings with no casualties
DAYS SINCE LAST MASS SHOOTING**: 0
**4 or more deaths/injuries to victims
US Deaths by gun violence Monday, 8/19/19
14
US Injuries by gun violence Monday, 8/19/19:
44
Incidents in 23 states*
*Does not include shootings with no casualties
DAYS SINCE LAST MASS SHOOTING**: 1
**4 or more deaths/injuries to victims
Can't take credit for the info or its power, but it takes some little time to put this together every day. I public-post it on Facebook every day too. Few responses or reactions there.
If you wish to take this piece of activism forward, perhaps you could set up a twitter account and tweet the same info. You could then @ the major news outlets into the tweet - maybe using ‘is it time yet’ as a hashtag.
This format would fit in their character limit:
@bbcnews@cnn #isittimeyet Tuesday Aug. 20, 2019
US Deaths by gun violence Monday, 8/19/19: 14
US Injuries by gun violence Monday, 8/19/19: 44
Incidents in 23 states, not including those with no casualties
DAYS SINCE LAST MASS SHOOTING: 1
Source GunViolenceArchive.org
(You could omit the date on the first line, as tweets are dated anyway, and @ additional news orgs.)
US Deaths by gun violence Tuesday, 8/20/19
18
US Injuries by gun violence Tuesday, 8/20/19:
33
Incidents in 17 states*
*Does not include shootings with no casualties
DAYS SINCE LAST MASS SHOOTING**: 2
**4 or more deaths/injuries to victims
US Deaths by gun violence Tuesday, 8/20/19
18
US Injuries by gun violence Tuesday, 8/20/19:
33
Incidents in 17 states*
*Does not include shootings with no casualties
DAYS SINCE LAST MASS SHOOTING**: 2
**4 or more deaths/injuries to victims
Information courtesy of GunViolenceArchive.org
Back to zero. Fortunately, no deaths, but four injuries.
Two days seems to be our upper limit, and in this case, I collected data between midnight and 1 a.m. before the archive had counted this. Apparently I really do have to wait until breakfast to post these reports, though I dislike starting my day with this task.
US Deaths by gun violence Wednesday, 8/21/19
17
US Injuries by gun violence Wednesday, 8/21/19:
33
Incidents in 22 states*
*Does not include shootings with no casualties
DAYS SINCE LAST MASS SHOOTING**: 1
**4 or more deaths/injuries to victims
US Deaths by gun violence Wednesday, 8/22/19
24
US Injuries by gun violence Wednesday, 8/22/19:
46
Incidents in 28 states*
*Does not include shootings with no casualties
DAYS SINCE LAST MASS SHOOTING**: 0
**4 or more deaths/injuries to victims
Two days seems to be our upper limit, and in this case, I collected data between midnight and 1 a.m. before the archive had counted this. Apparently I really do have to wait until breakfast to post these reports, though I dislike starting my day with this task.
Ohher, I find the stats you post really depressing, but I figure that as you have made a commitment to doing so, the least I can do is make a commitment to reading them, Thank you.
US Deaths by gun violence Friday, 8/23/19
15
US Injuries by gun violence Friday, 8/23/19:
51
Incidents in 29 states*
*Does not include shootings with no casualties
DAYS SINCE LAST MASS SHOOTING**: 0
**4 or more deaths/injuries to victims
Ohher, I find the stats you post really depressing, but I figure that as you have made a commitment to doing so, the least I can do is make a commitment to reading them, Thank you.
Ohher, while I'm grateful to you for posting this stuff, I'm worried about the effect it might be having on you. Are you ok? And my apologies if I'm being patronising.
Thanks you for your concern, Robert (and I do appreciate it), but given the state our entire planet is in (to say nothing of the so-called government of the once-semi-reasonable country I inhabit), plus the fact that I live in an open-carry, concealed-carry state with almost NO gun restrictions (though with very low incidence of gun violence), plus the fact that the community college where I start the fall semester Monday morning has just installed LOCKDOWN buttons all over campus, I'll cope. (Like there's an alternative.)
I await with grim amusement the moment this term when some wet-behind-the-ears 18-year-old doofus from East New Overshoe locates one of these eye-catching neon purple lockdown buttons and hits it to see what will happen (or to get out of a quiz, or whatever).
Frankly, that is far and away the likeliest use of these devices.
I am now launching a search for another way to earn my bread, because at the end of this academic year I hope to retire from our little fear factory college.
US Deaths by gun violence Saturday, 8/24/19
28
US Injuries by gun violence Saturday, 8/24/19
75
Incidents in 30 states*
*Does not include shootings with no casualties
DAYS SINCE LAST MASS SHOOTING**: 0
**4 or more deaths/injuries to victims
Ohher, this is chilling reading. I had no idea it was so bad...
Yes, but. Keep in mind these stats include a Saturday night, when people are apt to have imbibed more alcohol than is advisable, and parts of the US are dealing with extreme heat, which always seems to up the gun violence rates.
That said, stats for 8/24 also include 3 mass shootings (in Florida, Massachusetts, and Maryland) accounting for 3 deaths and 12 injuries.
US Deaths by gun violence Sunday, 8/25/19
17
US Injuries by gun violence Sunday, 8/25/19
59
Incidents in 25 states*
*Does not include shootings with no casualties
DAYS SINCE LAST MASS SHOOTING**: 0
**4 or more deaths/injuries to victims
US Deaths by gun violence Monday Aug. 26, 2019
13
US Injuries by gun violence Monday Aug. 26, 2019
51
Incidents in 24 states*
*Does not include shootings with no casualties
DAYS SINCE LAST MASS SHOOTING**: 1
**4 or more deaths/injuries to victims
US Deaths by gun violence Tuesday Aug. 27, 2019
18
US Injuries by gun violence Tuesday Aug. 27, 2019
34
Incidents in 20 states*
*Does not include shootings with no casualties
DAYS SINCE LAST MASS SHOOTING**: 2
**4 or more deaths/injuries to victims
US Deaths by gun violence Wednesday Aug. 28, 2019
5
US Injuries by gun violence Wednesday Aug. 28, 2019
20
Incidents in 14 states*
*Does not include shootings with no casualties
DAYS SINCE LAST MASS SHOOTING**: 3
**4 or more deaths/injuries to victims
Whoa! Three days! (I know it's sad that we should be celebrating a measly 3 days without a mass shooting, and plenty of people die in onesy-twosy shootings as well. Call it black humor to cope with the horrible reality.)
We've got a three-day weekend (for Labor Day) this weekend, Often means (too much) alcohol, short tempers, traffic, possibly hot weather, road rage, a weekend that's both too long and not long enough*, arguments and people-messes, etc. Add in guns of any kind...
(:paranoid:)
*Americans typically have fewer holidays off (paid or unpaid) and less paid vacation than Europeans. So a three-day weekend is a big deal, sometimes occasioned with much grumping about having to go back to work, and Other People having it easier.
Whoa! Three days! (I know it's sad that we should be celebrating a measly 3 days without a mass shooting, and plenty of people die in onesy-twosy shootings as well. Call it black humor to cope with the horrible reality.)
I know; I was shocked. I had to check the site pages 2-3 times (and wondered if maybe someone at Gun Violence Archive was out sick, so no updates) because for the first time since I started this there was less than one full page of stats to add up (there are usually 3 pages).
Sadly, GK is probably right: we may well "catch up" over the holiday weekend.
IS IT TIME YET? Thursday Aug. 29, 2019
CORRECTED
US Deaths by gun violence Wednesday Aug. 28, 2019
22
US Injuries by gun violence Wednesday Aug. 28, 2019
51
Incidents in 30 states*
*Does not include shootings with no casualties
DAYS SINCE LAST MASS SHOOTING**: 3
**4 or more deaths/injuries to victims
Information courtesy of GunViolenceArchive.org
Apologies: data collected before site fully updated;
any errors mine.
US Deaths by gun violence Thursday Aug. 29, 2019
20
US Injuries by gun violence Thursday Aug. 29, 2019
42
Incidents in 26 states*
*Does not include shootings with no casualties
DAYS SINCE LAST MASS SHOOTING**: 0
**4 or more deaths/injuries to victims
US Deaths by gun violence Friday Aug. 30, 2019
19
US Injuries by gun violence Friday Aug. 30, 2019
55
Incidents in 24 states*
*Does not include shootings with no casualties
DAYS SINCE LAST MASS SHOOTING**: 0
**4 or more deaths/injuries to victims
Major live active shooter event in Odessa Texas at the moment.
Alas, yes. I heard this on the news -- at least 20 victims, as many as 5 deaths -- while checking my stats and discovering something's not adding up. I'm trying to figure out what's wrong, and also to redesign my format (now that school's back in full swing).
It's a bit after 8 p.m. where I'm posting. There have been 5, FIVE mass shootings this Saturday so far, in Maryland (0 dead, 4 injured), North Carolina (1 dead, 3 injured), Pennsylvania (2 dead, 2 injured), South Carolina (0 dead, 4 injured), and Texas (5 dead, 21 injured).
Somehow I don't think any form of protest, disagreement, upset, mass murder will make any difference. A prior story was how to make schools like prisons so that a success would be fewer people killed. Ohher, your posts are wrenching, so they signify anything? So bad. So frustrating.
Makes me wonder if random gun murders are good for business there. Guns, bullets, coffins, security systems, those sorts of things. Seem to recall that there was a run on some gadget that makes semi automatic rifles operate like automatics after that Las Vegas mass murder. Do guns also sell more after someone does big killing? Are more dead people better for business? :throw-up:
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Oh, did I mention no bullets flew and nobody died?
Good that no guns were used.
I too was glad no one was badly hurt.
Apparently it's a kind of plastic projectile.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARWEN_37
There are also Calgary Police demonstration videos on YouTube.
AFZ
US Deaths by gun violence Sunday, 8/18/19
18
US Injuries by gun violence Sunday, 8/18/19:
58
Incidents in 25 states*
*Does not include shootings with no casualties
DAYS SINCE LAST MASS SHOOTING**: 0
**4 or more deaths/injuries to victims
Information courtesy of GunViolenceArchive.org
US Deaths by gun violence Monday, 8/19/19
14
US Injuries by gun violence Monday, 8/19/19:
44
Incidents in 23 states*
*Does not include shootings with no casualties
DAYS SINCE LAST MASS SHOOTING**: 1
**4 or more deaths/injuries to victims
Information courtesy of GunViolenceArchive.org
Can't take credit for the info or its power, but it takes some little time to put this together every day. I public-post it on Facebook every day too. Few responses or reactions there.
This format would fit in their character limit:
@bbcnews @cnn #isittimeyet Tuesday Aug. 20, 2019
US Deaths by gun violence Monday, 8/19/19: 14
US Injuries by gun violence Monday, 8/19/19: 44
Incidents in 23 states, not including those with no casualties
DAYS SINCE LAST MASS SHOOTING: 1
Source GunViolenceArchive.org
(You could omit the date on the first line, as tweets are dated anyway, and @ additional news orgs.)
US Deaths by gun violence Tuesday, 8/20/19
18
US Injuries by gun violence Tuesday, 8/20/19:
33
Incidents in 17 states*
*Does not include shootings with no casualties
DAYS SINCE LAST MASS SHOOTING**: 2
**4 or more deaths/injuries to victims
Information courtesy of GunViolenceArchive.org
Thanks - I kept getting LOTR references.
Ohher - Thank you. The relentlessness of death toll is chilling.
Back to school gun sale. What a concept. It's for teachers says the store. Insane.
I also learned about log-cabin Republicans today. They also sound insane.
US Deaths by gun violence Wednesday, 8/21/19
17
US Injuries by gun violence Wednesday, 8/21/19:
33
Incidents in 22 states*
*Does not include shootings with no casualties
DAYS SINCE LAST MASS SHOOTING**: 1
**4 or more deaths/injuries to victims
Information courtesy of GunViolenceArchive.org
US Deaths by gun violence Wednesday, 8/22/19
24
US Injuries by gun violence Wednesday, 8/22/19:
46
Incidents in 28 states*
*Does not include shootings with no casualties
DAYS SINCE LAST MASS SHOOTING**: 0
**4 or more deaths/injuries to victims
Information courtesy of GunViolenceArchive.org
Given the numbers involved, I reckon PBS should scroll the names of victims over a selection of pictures.
Ohher, I find the stats you post really depressing, but I figure that as you have made a commitment to doing so, the least I can do is make a commitment to reading them, Thank you.
US Deaths by gun violence Friday, 8/23/19
15
US Injuries by gun violence Friday, 8/23/19:
51
Incidents in 29 states*
*Does not include shootings with no casualties
DAYS SINCE LAST MASS SHOOTING**: 0
**4 or more deaths/injuries to victims
Information courtesy of GunViolenceArchive.org
I await with grim amusement the moment this term when some wet-behind-the-ears 18-year-old doofus from East New Overshoe locates one of these eye-catching neon purple lockdown buttons and hits it to see what will happen (or to get out of a quiz, or whatever).
Frankly, that is far and away the likeliest use of these devices.
I am now launching a search for another way to earn my bread, because at the end of this academic year I hope to retire from our little fear factory college.
US Deaths by gun violence Saturday, 8/24/19
28
US Injuries by gun violence Saturday, 8/24/19
75
Incidents in 30 states*
*Does not include shootings with no casualties
DAYS SINCE LAST MASS SHOOTING**: 0
**4 or more deaths/injuries to victims
Information courtesy of GunViolenceArchive.org
Yes, but. Keep in mind these stats include a Saturday night, when people are apt to have imbibed more alcohol than is advisable, and parts of the US are dealing with extreme heat, which always seems to up the gun violence rates.
That said, stats for 8/24 also include 3 mass shootings (in Florida, Massachusetts, and Maryland) accounting for 3 deaths and 12 injuries.
US Deaths by gun violence Sunday, 8/25/19
17
US Injuries by gun violence Sunday, 8/25/19
59
Incidents in 25 states*
*Does not include shootings with no casualties
DAYS SINCE LAST MASS SHOOTING**: 0
**4 or more deaths/injuries to victims
Information courtesy of GunViolenceArchive.org
US Deaths by gun violence Monday Aug. 26, 2019
13
US Injuries by gun violence Monday Aug. 26, 2019
51
Incidents in 24 states*
*Does not include shootings with no casualties
DAYS SINCE LAST MASS SHOOTING**: 1
**4 or more deaths/injuries to victims
Information courtesy of GunViolenceArchive.org
US Deaths by gun violence Tuesday Aug. 27, 2019
18
US Injuries by gun violence Tuesday Aug. 27, 2019
34
Incidents in 20 states*
*Does not include shootings with no casualties
DAYS SINCE LAST MASS SHOOTING**: 2
**4 or more deaths/injuries to victims
Information courtesy of GunViolenceArchive.org
US Deaths by gun violence Wednesday Aug. 28, 2019
5
US Injuries by gun violence Wednesday Aug. 28, 2019
20
Incidents in 14 states*
*Does not include shootings with no casualties
DAYS SINCE LAST MASS SHOOTING**: 3
**4 or more deaths/injuries to victims
Information courtesy of GunViolenceArchive.org
(:paranoid:)
*Americans typically have fewer holidays off (paid or unpaid) and less paid vacation than Europeans. So a three-day weekend is a big deal, sometimes occasioned with much grumping about having to go back to work, and Other People having it easier.
I know; I was shocked. I had to check the site pages 2-3 times (and wondered if maybe someone at Gun Violence Archive was out sick, so no updates) because for the first time since I started this there was less than one full page of stats to add up (there are usually 3 pages).
Sadly, GK is probably right: we may well "catch up" over the holiday weekend.
CORRECTED
US Deaths by gun violence Wednesday Aug. 28, 2019
22
US Injuries by gun violence Wednesday Aug. 28, 2019
51
Incidents in 30 states*
*Does not include shootings with no casualties
DAYS SINCE LAST MASS SHOOTING**: 3
**4 or more deaths/injuries to victims
Information courtesy of GunViolenceArchive.org
Apologies: data collected before site fully updated;
any errors mine.
US Deaths by gun violence Thursday Aug. 29, 2019
20
US Injuries by gun violence Thursday Aug. 29, 2019
42
Incidents in 26 states*
*Does not include shootings with no casualties
DAYS SINCE LAST MASS SHOOTING**: 0
**4 or more deaths/injuries to victims
Information courtesy of GunViolenceArchive.org
US Deaths by gun violence Friday Aug. 30, 2019
19
US Injuries by gun violence Friday Aug. 30, 2019
55
Incidents in 24 states*
*Does not include shootings with no casualties
DAYS SINCE LAST MASS SHOOTING**: 0
**4 or more deaths/injuries to victims
Information courtesy of GunViolenceArchive.org
Alas, yes. I heard this on the news -- at least 20 victims, as many as 5 deaths -- while checking my stats and discovering something's not adding up. I'm trying to figure out what's wrong, and also to redesign my format (now that school's back in full swing).
It's a bit after 8 p.m. where I'm posting. There have been 5, FIVE mass shootings this Saturday so far, in Maryland (0 dead, 4 injured), North Carolina (1 dead, 3 injured), Pennsylvania (2 dead, 2 injured), South Carolina (0 dead, 4 injured), and Texas (5 dead, 21 injured).
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH US?
https://twitter.com/tonydokoupil/status/1167088120493481984?s=20
Somehow I don't think any form of protest, disagreement, upset, mass murder will make any difference. A prior story was how to make schools like prisons so that a success would be fewer people killed. Ohher, your posts are wrenching, so they signify anything? So bad. So frustrating.
Makes me wonder if random gun murders are good for business there. Guns, bullets, coffins, security systems, those sorts of things. Seem to recall that there was a run on some gadget that makes semi automatic rifles operate like automatics after that Las Vegas mass murder. Do guns also sell more after someone does big killing? Are more dead people better for business? :throw-up:
This means more than exchanging leaders?