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The one statistic about mass shootings you should see

Dec 3, 2015

Has the news of mass shootings become “normal” as President Obama suggested after last week’s attack at a Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado?

After Wednesday's shooting at a treatment facility in San Bernandino, Calif., that left 14 dead, it may seem like you are hearing about this type of gun violence nearly every other day in the United States.

You’d be close.

With reports of 355 mass shootings in the U.S. on the 337th day of 2015, it averages out to more like a shooting a day, and then some. It is a shocking statistic, one that made the rounds on social media almost immediately after the shooting in San Bernardino.

But wait, there's more:

Gun violence by the numbers

The list of US gun violence includes a shooting at the University of Texas in 1966, as well as yesterday's attack at a Californian social services centre

Posted by Sky News on Thursday, December 3, 2015

Sources: Brady Campaign to Prevent  gun Violence; National Rifle Association; FBI.gov; Gallup; CNN

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