America's Epidemic of Gun Violence

Rachel brilliantly lays the facts before the viewers. Commentators and ordinary people alike constantly repeat the words "unimaginable" and "inconceivable" - but the fact is, these events have been too common in the United States for all too long. Our nation has had a history of murder and political assasination that makes many third-world countries seem like beacons of civilization. Anyone who, after watching this, still denies that the United States has a major problem with violence is utterly insensate.

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