Top Stories in Today’s News

Biden decries gun violence as shootings across US mar Fourth of July festivities

“At least 15 people shot dead across the country in mass shootings so far on the holiday weekend celebrating the US’s independence”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/04/pennsylvania-texas-fourth-of-july-shootings

(This ever-relevant Armageddon meme merits re-posting every few years. What follows are top news stories at the time of previous postings.)

Gun industry prepares for a surge in demand after back-to-back mass shootings

“After mass shootings in Boulder and Atlanta that killed 18 people in the span of a single week, lawmakers are once again calling for stricter gun regulation in America. The gun industry is already preparing for a surge of sales..”

https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/24/business/gun-sales-mass-shooting-boulder-atlanta/index.html

A Divided Nation Agrees on One Thing: Many People Want a Gun

“Gun buyers say they are motivated by a new destabilizing sense that is pushing them to purchase weapons for the first time, or if they already have them, to buy more.”

• https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/us/guns-2020-election.html
• https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/29/coronavirus-pandemic-americans-gun-sales

Record Numbers of Americans Try to Buy Guns

“Coronavirus pandemic, civil unrest, calls to defund police bringing in new buyers”

• https://www.wsj.com/articles/record-numbers-of-americans-try-to-buy-guns-11594719000
• https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/record-numbers-americans-buy-guns

This uniquely American modus operandi moved me to make a meme. So I did:

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A dimly-lit gray-scale graphic with two large emojis, one above the other. The top emoji is the “alarm” expression, with the phrase “ARMAGEDDON?” arcing over the top; the lower emoji is the “glee” expression, with the phrase “IMMA-GETTA-GUN!” arcing underneath it.