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In reply to the discussion: Has gun violence ever touched you or someone you knew? [View all]SheilaT
(23,156 posts)43. No one close to me, but a number of people at some remove.
The man who ran my high school bookstore committed suicide by gun. A classmate of my older brother's was killed in a hunting accident. A co-worker I didn't know very well killed himself while talking to his girlfriend on the phone.
I know there are some others, but they don't come to mind easily. But no one close, no parent, child, cousin, close friend, nothing like that. But still, I know at least slightly several people who've died that way. I bet if you posted this question in any other country in the world you wouldn't get people posting about multiple friends or relatives who've been touched by gun violence.
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