1. MASS SHOOTINGS AROUND THE WORLD AND THEIR IMPACT ON GUN CONTROL

2. Statistics to Ponder ● United States: 89 Guns Per 100 People- highest in the world ● Finland 45 Guns Per 100 People ● U.S. 3.2 Gun Murders per 100 000 people ● Australia 0.1 per 100 000 ● Switzerland 2.3 million guns- population 8 million

3. Dunblane, Scotland ● Thomas Hamilton, 43 killed 16 kindegarten aged children, + teacher w/ 4 guns he legally owned ● Calls for a gun ban resulted in 750 000 signatures ● Next year ban became law

4. Tasmania Killer (Australia) 1996 ● Martin Bryant went on a killing spree, 35 people dead ● Within 12 days federal + state govt imposed strict gun laws, including a ban on semi- automatic rifles ● Gun ownership restricted to those with genuine need like sport club /gun rangemembership, ● 700 000 guns bought back and destroyed ● No mass shootings in the last 16 year

5. Switzerland- Frederich Leibacher ● Leibacher went on rampage in local parliament killing 14 people ● Also high # of gun suicides ● Referendum proposed military issued firearms locked away in army depts/ ban on sale of pump action rifles/automatic weapons ● Was rejected ● In Switzerland there is citizen militia allowed to keep weapons at home ● Ammunition is locked away at military depots

6. Anders Breivik-Norway ● Killed 69 people in July 2011 with a pistol and rifle acquired legally by joining sport club and taking hunting course ● Norway has strict gun control laws

7. Marc Lepine and Canada ● Canada: Montreal Massacre- Marc Lepine kills 14 at Ecole Polytechnique ● Led to “Take Back the Night”, calls for gun control ● Worst mass shooting in Canadian history

8. USA: Mass Shootings Since Columbine (1999) April 1999- 14 dead at Columbine ● July 1999- 12 dead in Atlanta, Ga, including man's wife + two children ● Sept 1999- 6 people dead after prayer service in Fort Worth, Texas ● October 2002- DC Beltway Sniper- 10 dead ● August 2003- Six killed in Chicago ● Nov 2004- Hunter kills 6 and wounds 2 others after an argument ● March 2005- 7 people dead in Wisconsin at church service

9. U.S. Mass Shootings (Cont. ) ● Oct 2006- Pennsylvania 5 school girls killed, 6 wounded by a truck driver ● April 2007- Va Tech Massacre 32 dead ● August 2007- 3 Delaware students killed ● December 2007-Nebraska shopping mall 9 killed, 5 injured ● December 2007- Washington- six family members killed (on Christmas Eve) ● Feb 2008- Chicago- 5 women killed at clothing store ● Feb 2008- Northern Illinois- five killed, 16 wounded

10. U.S. Mass Shootings (Deep Breath!) Cont. ● Sept 2008- Washington- mentally ill man kills 6, wounds 2 one month after jail release ● Dec 2008- California- 9 dead after a man dressed as Santa opened fire, and set fire to house ● March 2009- North Carolina- 8 dead after a nursing home shooting ● March 2009- California- 6 dead in apartment building ● April 2009- New York State- 13 killed at Civic Centre ● July 2009- Houston- six shot at community rally ● Nov 2009- Fort Hood, Texas Military Base- 12 killed, 43 wounded

11. U.S. Mass Shootings (Wait For It)...Continued! ● Feb 2010- Alabama- Professor kills 3, wounds 3 at faculty meeting ● Jan 2011- Arizona- six killed (inc. 9 yr old girl, +Sen Gabrielle Giffords was critically wounded) ●....We're not done yet! There is still 2012!!

12. U.S. Mass Shootings 2012 ● Ap 2012- Oakland- 7 dead, 3 wounded at Christian College ● July 2012- Colarado- 12 dead, 58 wounded at Dark Night premiere ● Aug 5- Wisconsin- 6 dead at a Sikh Temple ● Aug 24- New York City- 2 dead, 8 wounded at Empire State Building ● Sept 2012- Minneapolis- 5 killed by disgruntled former employee ● Oct 2012- Milwaukee- 3 dead at spa ● Dec 2012- Conneticutt- 20 killed at Sandy Hook

13. Why so many?