Enough Is Enough Already
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The anti-assault rifle clock pictured above being pushed by very young children is highlighted by an assault rifle as the hour hand. Each hour marker labels a mass shooting that has happened in the United States, as well as the number of victims. Since 1982, in fact, there has been at least 61 mass shooting in the country across 30 states.
During an independent investigation, Mother Jones, a journalism website, found that in a majority of those shootings, the killed obtained their weapon through legal means. And in the last seven years, the United States has averaged 16.4 incidents of mass gun violence. Our next protester highlights why those facts are important to know.
