Link Salad, Guns and Violence Edition

Various gun-related links that have accumulated in the link-hopper:

1) A fascinating video about real-world gunshot injuries. It's a bit graphic and has some medical tech, but interesting for writers and policy. Key takeaways: 

• Over 75% of people shot in the US are shot with a pistol


• 6 out of 7 people shot survive


• Leading cause of death from a pistol shot is bleeding out, which means that:


• Most people shot with a pistol do not just "drop and die."



2) The title tells the story: Gun Homicide Rate Down 49% Since 1993 Peak; Public Unaware.

3) This historian reminds us that the phenomenon of people killing their families and themselves is not new.

4) An interesting article - "We Have Always Fought - Challenging the "Women, Cattle and Slaves" Narrative.