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"On Monday, at least seven people were killed in two shootings in Half Moon
Bay, California, a small coastal community in the San Francisco Bay area. In
Oakland, one person was shot to death and seven other people were injured.
Also on Monday, an 11th person succumbed to injuries suffered in the mass
shooting in Monterey Park, California, as the city’s large Asian American
community was celebrating Lunar New Year weekend.
The scenes of agony and horror are increasingly all too familiar in America. In
fact, 39 mass shootings have taken place across the country in just the first
three weeks of 2023, per the Gun Violence Archive.
Communities from Goshen, California, to Baltimore, Maryland, are reeling while
others brace for the possibility of such violence in their own backyards.
“A time of a cultural celebration … and yet another community has been torn
apart by senseless gun violence,” Vice President Kamala Harris told a crowd in
Tallahassee, Florida, on Sunday. “All of us in this room and in our country
understand this violence must stop.”
But how that happens with a divided Congress, vastly different policy
prescriptions, and a deeply entrenched gun culture remains to be seen."
Via Kevin O'Brien.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
