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California is ranked an A by the Giffords Law Center for their huge number of gun laws, which, of course, primarily affect law abiding citizens who want to protect themselves from the crime that’s rampant in the People’s Republik Of California due to the soft on crime approach of the government

Gun violence rocks nation over holiday weekend, with multi-victim shootings in at least 7 states

First, it was shootings in Southern California that sent revelers scrambling, fearing for their lives over the holiday weekend. One person was killed Saturday in San Diego during a Juneteenth celebration, and at least eight were injured in gunfire at a house party in Carson.

Hours later, in Madera County, a father and son were killed in two linked shootings.

California’s weekend of violence also included a shootout Sunday from cars traveling for a mile along San Francisco’s wharf, with six injured.

But the spate of violence was not confined to the Golden State, as shootings — some deadly — grabbed headlines in at least seven states on what was supposed to be a celebratory weekend of fathers and freedom.

There’s a common thread in almost all those shootings, including the weekend shootings through Monday: they were almost all in heavily Democratic Party run cities which are low on crime control, and involved Juneteenth parties.

At San Diego’s Liberty Station, amid a Juneteenth event Saturday night that drew hundreds, gunfire killed one person and wounded another, according to officials. Police called it an “isolated incident” that appeared to stem from a dispute, but the gunshots sparked chaos at what was supposed to be a family-friendly event, witnesses said.

Also that night, two people were killed and three were injured when a shooter fired “randomly” into the crowd at a Washington state campground near a venue where a music festival was taking place, police said. The shooter was among the three who were hurt.

Early Sunday, near Willowbrook, Ill., outside Chicago, where hundreds had gathered at a parking lot for a Juneteenth celebration, at least 23 people were shot, one fatally. Officials said “multiple rounds from multiple weapons” were fired.

About the same time in St. Louis, 11 youths ranging in age from 15 to 19 were shot at what officials described as a party, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A 17-year-old died, officials said.

And because of mostly one demographic shooting people for “disputes”, you should have your gun taken away from you.

“It’s not just people living in urban areas. It’s not just one type of person. … It was really large shares of people in all kinds of different demographic groups,” said Liz Hamel, vice president and director of public opinion and survey research with the Kaiser Family Foundation, which conducted the poll. She said the weekend’s shootings reinforce the need to treat gun violence in America as a public health issue.

“It is hard to ignore that it is a health issue when you look at things like guns being the leading cause of death for children in this country,” Hamel said.

It was almost all one demographic. Facts do not lie. Most of the shootings were at parties that did not involve whites, Asians, or Hispanics. Maybe it’s time to look at why one group is responsible for shootings and murders way outside its population proportion. Call this racist if you want, facts do not lie. And most occur in areas run by Democrats. And how do all these shootings happen in cities and states run by Democrats with massive gun control? Illinois is ranked an A- by Giffords.