Via Fast co.exist: “You’re 25 Times More Likely To Be Shot To Death In America Than Any Other Developed Nation…In a study based on World Health Organisation (WHO) data from 2010, by Erin Grinshteyn and David Hemenway, researchers from the University of Nevada-Reno have detailed the absurd risks of guns in the U.S. The study compares mortality data from developed countries— places like Europe, Japan and Korea, Australia and New Zealand, plus many more—taking the statistics for death rates per 100,000 population. The numbers are startling…In the U.S., homicide rates in general are seven times higher than elsewhere. That’s general murder, including all weapons or methods. For guns alone, U.S. rates are 25.2 times higher than the rest of the world…”

• Over the course of 14 years, I have posted dozens of times about violence in America here on beSpacific. How many of us can say we have not been impacted in any way, directly or indirectly, by gun violence? How have these interactions with violence changed you, your family, your community, your work place – and then draw the circle wide to schools, mass transportation, sports and entertainment events, places of worship….