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CrispyQ

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2. We don't take domestic abuse seriously enough in this country.

Reply to Merlot (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 29, 2017, 12:03 PM

Nov 2017

http://fortune.com/2017/11/07/domestic-violence-shootings-statistics/

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1. The majority of mass shooters in the U.S. killed their intimate partners or family members.

According to Everytown for Gun Safety, mass shooters killed a partner or family member in 54% of shootings—which are defined as incidents in which four or more people are killed by guns. Between January 2009 and December 2016, 422 people were killed in domestic violence disputes; more than 40% of these people were children.

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How many women are killed by family members, ex's, friends? Merlot Nov 2017 #1

We don't take domestic abuse seriously enough in this country. CrispyQ Nov 2017 #2