gun Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/gun/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Fri, 09 Oct 2020 17:01:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 An Approach to Voting https://smthingscount.com/2020/10/09/an-approach-to-voting/ Fri, 09 Oct 2020 17:01:35 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9839 I’m not going to tell you WHO or WHAT to vote for, but I am giving you some advice to ensure that your vote will

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]]> Some Good in the Midst of Anguish https://smthingscount.com/2020/05/04/some-good-in-the-midst-of-anguish/ Mon, 04 May 2020 16:09:12 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9145 Although I’m deeply saddened by the daily news of even more people’s lives being taken by the coronavirus, I’m heartened by what is suddenly NOT

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]]> For Our Kids–Arm Everyone https://smthingscount.com/2019/09/23/for-our-kids-arm-everyone/ Mon, 23 Sep 2019 17:26:10 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8443 I’m all for having armed guards in every school.  In fact, they should be anywhere children gather.  That includes churches, synagogues, temples, and mosques; Scout

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]]> Guns: Where we stand in the World https://smthingscount.com/2018/12/14/guns-where-we-stand-in-the-world/ Fri, 14 Dec 2018 17:30:13 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7560 The CDC has compiled all its 2017 statistics and revealed a startling fact: almost 40,000 people died last year from guns in the U.S. That’s

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]]> Privacy and the Smoking Gun https://smthingscount.com/2018/03/23/privacy-and-the-smoking-gun/ Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:50:16 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6763 I was so anxious to give you the information about Facebook yesterday, that I  forgot to post a “Thursday Thought” quote.  So I’ll do it

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]]> Big Killer on the Highway https://smthingscount.com/2017/08/09/big-killer-on-the-highway/ Wed, 09 Aug 2017 15:33:52 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6096 It’s an epidemic throughout the country.  There has been an increase in deadly incidents from 70 in 2006 to 422 in 2015, according to the

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]]> 20 Children a Day Sent to Hospital https://smthingscount.com/2017/05/30/20-children-a-day-sent-to-hospital/ Tue, 30 May 2017 15:47:23 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=5916 What is the cause of 20 kids a day being sent to the hospital?  Injuries related to guns, according to a new study.  People try

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]]> High Cost of Gunshot Treatment https://smthingscount.com/2017/03/29/high-cost-of-gunshot-treatment/ Wed, 29 Mar 2017 16:16:54 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=5750 Startling fact:  It took almost $7 billion–and possibly more–to treat gunshot victims over nine years (read Gunshot Wounds Cost U.S. Hospitals Nearly $7 Billion Over 9

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]]> When Cops Should NOT have Guns https://smthingscount.com/2016/04/28/when-cops-should-not-have-guns/ Thu, 28 Apr 2016 17:11:05 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4818 A retired NYPD police officer should be so familiar with his gun that he should know better.  But he was so interested in showing it

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]]> Controlling Guns, Respecting Rights https://smthingscount.com/2015/11/03/controlling-guns-respecting-rights/ Tue, 03 Nov 2015 19:37:48 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4269 I’m tired of the gun-control debate!  This morning’s streaming news (scrolling across the bottom of the TV screen during the news broadcast) had nine headlines

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