Roughly half a million men, women, and children are killed by armed violence each year -- that's one person every minute. This tragedy is fueled by a massive black market trade in small arms worth billions a year, and growing world military spending of more than $1 trillion per year -- half of which comes from the United States.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 6 (New America Media) - Perhaps the most depressing aspect of Thursday's shoot-out at Fort Hood
is that none of the 12 people who died in the melee will be counted as
casualties of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.