In “Senate committee grills social media bosses over baby security” [Feb. 1, Business], Sens. Josh Hawley and Lindsey Graham hurled righteous outrage at these CEOs: “There’s households of victims right here,” Hawley mentioned. “Would you prefer to apologize to them?” “You could have blood in your arms,” Graham mentioned on the identical listening to.
Can we now anticipate them and their Republican colleagues to hurl the identical outrage on the CEOs of Smith & Wesson, Ruger, SIG SAUER and the remainder of the 663 gun producers within the U.S. (in response to analysis agency IBISWorld)?
There have been 48,830 gun deaths within the U.S. in 2021, in response to the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention. Of those, 26,328 had been firearm suicides; suicides from different causes totaled 21,855. For comparability, there have been 42,939 visitors deaths in 2021, in response to the Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration.
However don’t maintain your breath.
Michael Perlman, Seattle
