But, but, but Australia (as posted in the other thread)...

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/...ted/ar-BBm9eak

The average firearm homicide rate went down by about 42 percent.
From OP...

Gun Homicide Rate Down 49%
So we beat Australia and didn't have to give up a Constitutionally protected right? Damn, we're awesome!!!

It's getting to the point that I have to frequently call out the fact we are a nation of 320M+ people--third biggest in the world. There are going to be shootings. There are going to be crazy people. There are going to be racists who harm others because of skin color. It's more about media messaging (hyping up mass shootings and race issues) and the general decline of values that produces the outliers we see on the news.