A terrible tragedy. 300 times a day.
by digby
Big story of the day:
The United States is taking "very seriously" the shooting of two American officers and a South African at an Amman, Jordan, training facility, President Barack Obama said Monday during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
During his statement to reporters, Obama said that someone dressed in a military uniform carried out the attack. The Associated Press reported earlier in the day that the two Americans were part of a State Department police training program.
"We take this very seriously, and we’ll be working closely with the Jordanians to determine what happened," the president added, passing along his deepest condolences to the families of the victims.
Unfortunately, if that had happened in the US it might not have even made the local news it's so common.
Yes, I realize that this may have been some kind of "terrorist" attack in Jordan and I don't mean to trivialize the tragedy of two Americans being shot. But it just struck me as weird considering this:
Every day, 297 people in America are shot in murders, assaults, suicides & suicide attempts, unintentional shootings, and police intervention.
Every day, 89 people die from gun violence:
31 are murdered
55 kill themselves
2 are killed unintentionally
1 is killed by police intervention
1 intent unknown.
Every day, 208 people are shot and survive:
151 shot in an assault
10 survive a suicide attempt
45 are shot unintentionally
2 are shot in a police intervention
In One Year on Average (all ages) Over 108,000 (108,476) people in America are shot in murders, assaults, suicides & suicide attempts, unintentional shootings, or by police intervention.
32,514 people die from gun violence
11,294 people are murdered
19,992 people kill themselves
561 people are killed unintentionally
414 are killed by police intervention
254 die but intent is not known
75,962 people survive gun injuries:
55,009 people are injured in an attack
3,791 people survive a suicide attempt
16,334 people are shot unintentionally
827 people are shot by police intervention
Just saying.