US senator fires off epic tweetstorm chronicling every mass shooting of 2015
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Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut) marked the end of 2015 with a stark reminder of the trail of deaths left by gun violecne in the US.
On Thursday, the senator sent out a seemingly endless series of tweets detailing "every injury and every death in every mass shooting this year."
"Seeing all these shootings together you can’t help but wonder, how is it possible that we can see this carnage and continue to do nothing?" he wrote.
Murphy has been one of the most outspoken proponents for gun-control legislation since 2012 following the infamous shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, which left 27 people dead including 20 children.
As the New York Times noted, Murphy dedicated one of his first speeches on the Senate floor to the gun violence, telling the story of one of the victims of the Sandy Hook shooting. Murphy has also criticized his congressional peers for saying that their "thoughts and prayers" are with victims of mass shootings, while refusing to pass significant gun control legislation.
Murphy wrote that he was using the Gun Violence Archive to document the mass shootings. The website defines a mass shooting as four or more people shot in a single incident at the same general time, not including the shooter.
Here are some of Murphy's tweets:
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/682623791315353600
Here’s my 2015 year in review.
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/682623856117321728
2015 started in the early hours of January 1st when 5 people were shot on a New Year’s Eve party bus in Memphis.
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/682623930444550145
The next day, another mass shooting (defined as at least 4 people shot, including the shooter) in Savannah Georgia.
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/682624056202379264
Two days later, 2 dead, 1 injured in Dallas, and 2 dead, 4 injured in Roanoke, VA.
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/682624202994618372
2 days later, 1 dead, 3 injured in Miami. Next day, 1 dead, 3 injured in Chattanooga.
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/682624305868324864
Next day, 1 dead, 3 injured in Boston. Day after, 4 dead in San Fran.
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/682624425103998976
Day following, 3 dead, 1 injured in Moscow, Idaho. 4 shot in Wichita.
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/682624498219134976
On January 11, 5 shot in San Jose, 7 shot in Hope Mills, NC, 5 shot in Tuskegee.
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/682624574517714944
Two days later, 5 injured in Portsmouth, VA. Next day, 4 shot in Rockford, IL.
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/682624634097815552
5 day break, then 2 dead, 5 injured in San Antonio. Next day, 4 shot in Clarksville, TN.
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/682624704004272128
Three days later, 6 injured in Boston. Next day, 3 dead, 5 injured in Omaha, 4 dead in Queens.
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/682624769917718529
Two days later, 1 dead, 4 injured in Stockton, CA. Two days later, 4 shot in DeKalb, GA.
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/682624820366852097
Next day, 4 bodies discovered shot to death in Troup County, GA.
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/682624892378861570
And that’s just January. First day of February, 5 injured in Syracuse, and 1 dead, 4 injured in Manhattan.
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/682625010662416384
All this data is compiled by https://t.co/KEvaS5kOvN and the redditors at @rGunsAreCool, which tracked 372 shootings & counting in 2015
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/682625104979726336
For my 2015 year in review I’m listing all of them - every injury and every death in every mass shooting this past year.
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/682625860420026368
On Feb. 4, 4 dead in King, NC. Next day, 3 dead, 3 injured in Warrensville Heights, OH. Next day, 4 shot in Tulsa.
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/682626061754974208
Next three days, 1 dead, 3 injured in Tulsa again, 5 dead, 2 injured in Douglasville, GA, 6 injured in Crockett County, TN.
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/682626548747255809
Following day, 3 dead, 1 injured in New Port Richey, FL. Six days later, 5 injured in Long Beach.
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/682627015640350720
Two days later, 1 dead, 3 injured in Little Rock. 5 days later, 5 shot in Habersham County, GA, 4 shot in Charleston, 4 dead in Killeen, TX
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/682628039214104576
Three days later, 3 dead in Houston, and on Feb. 27 Joseph Jesse Aldrich kills 8 in Tyrone, MO.
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/682628997218316288
On the last day of Feb, 1 dead, 3 injured in Tarboro, NC, 3 dead in Columbia, MO, and 4 shot in Baltimore.