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Every Day Nearly 100 People Die From Gun Violence in America

By Michael Moore, Michael Moore's Facebook Page

16 February 19

hese are 17 beloved people who live on, one year later, in all of our lives, inspiring us to act, to fight, to never give up until this uniquely American epidemic is obliterated. Today alone, in the 17 hours since 12:01 AM this morning - assuming this is your typical American day - approx 71 people have already been shot dead, through murder, suicide or accident, in the USA. And the day isn’t over. Every Valentines Day nearly 100 people die of gun violence here. EVERY day nearly 100 die from gun violence! Nearly FIVE Parklands a day! Simply because they live HERE. If they lived in Canada, Japan, the UK, Romania, Uruguay, China, France, Germany, and on and on — no country not at war loses anywhere near this in a single day, every day. Wait... maybe that’s the problem. Those and most other nations are not “at war.” We are always at war. We are conducting military operations in a half-dozen countries right now. We are a violent people. We solve our problems through violence. As one of the last nations on earth that has the death penalty, we seek revenge through state-sanctioned murder. Forcing 40 million people to live in poverty is an act of violence. Halting all efforts to save the planet from climate change is an act of violence. The mass incarceration of Black and Hispanic people is an act of violence. And, right up to and including this very hour, the perpetrators of violence in the US Senate would not pass the bill to keep the government open UNLESS THE “VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT” WAS ELIMINATED! And it was. Because we are a violent people and we are a nation that cherishes violence as much as we claim to cherish Apple Pie. I honor the Parkland dead every day and I thank and honor the Parkland students who have ignited a mass citizens movement. Each of us have to do our part or this madness will never end.