3 mass shootings in one day

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that too, certainly. i was referring to the perpetrators.

Number of deaths for leading causes of death in 2016
(Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

• Heart disease: 635,260
• Cancer: 598,038
• Accidents (unintentional injuries): 161,374
• Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 154,596
• Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 142,142
• Alzheimer’s disease: 116,103
• Diabetes: 80,058
• Influenza and pneumonia: 51,537
• Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 50,046
• Intentional self-harm (suicide): 44,965

We need more money in medicine. Probably substantially more, actually. I'd like to see a cure for cancer but it seems unlikely, at least for the near future. I don't actually know if more money poured into research would change that.

Out of curiousity, do accidents in these statistics also count manslaughter / unintentional homocide?

I agree with those statistics. Firearm related deaths just can't compare.

I would also like to see more medical breakthroughs that would alleviate suffering and allow for extended life. Wouldn't be surprising in the least if these companies have the cures already and have locked them away. To turn greater profit while more people suffer and die. How long have people been donating to the cause anyway? Research would seem to be a black hole, as far as financing is concerned. It's a constant stream of money as long as cancer is around.

So it's a normal day in America

It's strange that "big pharma", something I originally thought was just a baseless conspiracy theory, is at least partially true with the US having such a large private medical sector. It's disturbing to say the least.

Same pretty much, what else is new??? <,< >,>

no signs that this will do anything but gradually get even worse. unless we radically change as a culture, it will not get better.

The three shootings happened roughly within a 24 hour period. Thanks for the further details.

We need more money in medicine. Probably substantially more, actually. I'd like to see a cure for cancer but it seems unlikely, at least for the near future. I don't actually know if more money poured into research would change that.

Out of curiousity, do accidents in these statistics also count manslaughter / unintentional homocide?

I guess Americans will just have to wear bullet-proof vests whenever they go out in public.

Just a few quick Google searches:

In 2016, 10,497 people died in alcohol-impaired driving crashes, accounting for 28% of all traffic-related deaths in the United States. Of the 1,233 traffic deaths among children ages 0 to 14 years in 2016, 214 (17%) involved an alcohol-impaired driver.

and

On average, roughly 40 percent of inmates who are incarcerated for violent offenses were under the influence of alcohol during the time of their crime.Feb 7, 2018

and

Alcohol and drugs are implicated in an estimated 80% of offenses leading to incarceration in the United States such as domestic violence, driving while intoxicated, property offenses, drug offenses, and public-order offenses.

and

Alcohol is a factor in 40% of all violent crimes today, and according to the Department of Justice, 37% of almost 2 million convicted offenders currently in jail, report that they were drinking at the time of their arrest. Alcohol, more than any illegal drug, was found to be closely associated with violent crimes, including murder, rape, assault, child and spousal abuse. "

Violent crime and murder with the use of firearms, no question is a terrible thing. I can't comprehend ANY person saying otherwise.

Look at the statistics I quoted above. Tens if not hundreds of thousands of violent acts/killings happen because of alcohol each year. There is no question the numbers in that regard are staggering in relation to shootings.

From a purely logical and sheer numbers perspective I think it's very wrong for us as a society to focus on trying to eliminate gun crime when first, victims of alcohol related violence and death is larger by magnitudes. That's sad to me. Sometimes being a black and white thinker is NOT a bad thing. I'm a black and white thinker on this issue in that someone can't give me a convincing, logical or reasonable argument why gun crime should be the focus over alcohol induced crime.