BY DON PORTOLESE Twenty-six more dead at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, on top of the fifty-eight killed in Las Vegas just over a month ago. Let’s see… carry the one, and that comes out to be eighty-four people killed in this country by mass-shootings in a little over a month. Oh, I forgot about the guy who walked into a Walmart and killed three people. That makes eighty-seven. Are there any others I neglected to count? Unfortunately, there are simply too many to tally. The reality is that as of Oct. 2, 2017 we have had approximately 11,600 gun-related deaths during 2017, and, with record months like October and November, this country is on track to make this tragic statistic far more so. Yet, once again, there is no action to back up the words and condolences, no new proposal, approach or legislation. It’s just another day in the trigger-happy capital of the world.
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