“(CNN) -- Three children and their mother who were found dead inside their partially burned house in southern Indiana had all been shot in the head, police said Saturday, with an internet rant tied to the woman drawing investigators' attention.
Results of a preliminary autopsy, conducted by the Kentucky Medical Examiner's Office, released Saturday revealed that Amanda Bennett, 30, had died from a gunshot wound to her head and smoke inhalation.
The same causes of death were listed for her 9-year-old daughter, Katelynn Bennett. Jasmine Abbott -- 14 and also Amanda's biological daughter -- was killed by a gunshot wound to the head, as was the woman's 4-year-old son, Ryan Bennett.
Shortly after 4:20 p.m. Friday, Austin, Indiana, police forced their way into the victims' residence after getting a request from a relative to check on them…”
It sounds like the mother killed her children, with a gun, and then herself. If she did not have a gun around would this still have taken place? I do not know.
The NRA would say if the children had been armed they could have defended themselves from the attack.
The number of gun deaths in the United States is very high. We are number one. The number of gun deaths in the United States (1994) per 100,000 people was 14.2.
Number #2 was Brazil with 12.9 and #3 Mexico with 12.7.
France was 5.2, Canada 4.3, Sweden 2.1 and England and Wales it is 0.41.
If you want to know deaths by state here is the link: Firearm Deaths by State
Now these numbers are per 100,000 and the first thing I notice is that DC is number one with the rate of 31.2 and then the next is Alaska with 20. Here are a few ofthers:
#3 Louisiana (19.5), #4 Wyoming (18.8), #5 Arizona (18) and then just let me list three that interest me; Missouri is 19 with 12.3, Florida is 24 with 11.1 and Texas is number 26 with 11. Oh, California is #30 with 9.8 and east coast states are at the bottom of the list except at the very bottom of the list #51 is Hawaii with 2.8 deaths per 100,000 people.
We need better gun laws in the United States.
There is no telling if the story at the top of this blog would have been any difference if we had better laws. But we need better laws and let me say I am NOT NOT NOT saying ban guns or take guns away from people. I am saying we better gun laws.
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