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After Virginia shooting, some Americans searched for gun control — others searched for guns
Updated by Margarita Noriega on August 28, 2015, 11:30 a.m. ET
Within the 24-hour period after the murder of two WDBJ-TV staffers in Virginia, there were still places in the US where people were busier finding a place to buy a gun than they were understanding America's record on gun violence. Below is a map of those searches, captured by Google News Lab, of "gun shops" (red) or "gun control" (blue), according to metropolitan areas.
Interactive map at link: http://www.vox.com/maps/2015/8/28/9219811/virginia-shooting-google-gun-shops
Within the 24-hour period after the murder of two WDBJ-TV staffers in Virginia, there were still places in the US where people were busier finding a place to buy a gun than they were understanding America's record on gun violence. Below is a map of those searches, captured by Google News Lab, of "gun shops" (red) or "gun control" (blue), according to metropolitan areas.
Interactive map at link: http://www.vox.com/maps/2015/8/28/9219811/virginia-shooting-google-gun-shops
Gun on the brain, kinda like my dog and bones.
