http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/1...ot-in-america/


Excerpts:

"But while half of the shootings I featured were the result of a
crime, the other half, I was most surprised to learn, resulted from
arguments — often fueled by alcohol — among friends, neighbors, family
members and romantic partners. More and more, people are solving their
differences not with their fists but with guns. Husbands and wives are
shooting each other, as are sisters and brothers. In many homes across
America, loaded guns are easily accessible, and children find them,
accidentally shooting themselves or each other. One hundred children
died in unintentional shootings in the year after Newtown, which
breaks down to two every week."

"A favorite argument of the gun-rights crowd is that nothing stops a
bad guy with a gun more effectively than a good guy with a gun. I have
come to believe that people who think they are going to shoot the bad
guys — which sometimes does happen — are influenced by movies. Often
their own guns are grabbed by the bad guys and used against them,
especially during home invasions. In my daily reports, I made sure to
include police officers accidentally shooting themselves and each
other. If highly trained people have accidents, how can civilians be
expected to be perfect marksmen during a high-stress robbery?"