The Gun Report: September 17, 2013 "So we are confronting yet another mass shooting," President Obama said yesterday afternoon, speaking of the horrific massacre that had taken place that morning at the Washington Navy Yard, in which 13 people, including the shooter, were killed. Indeed. It's only been nine months since the Newtown, Conn., shooting, which took place five months after the Aurora, Colo., shooting. According to a tally compiled by USA Today, there have more than 200 mass shootings since 2006. That's roughly once every two weeks. One thing you often hear from Second Amendment absolutists is that mass shootings draw more attention than they deserve. After all, goes the argument, they amount to such a miniscule percentage of the people who die from guns. Statistically that is correct: this daily Gun Report, for instance, often lists more than 13 deaths in a single day. Slate's gun tracker, meanwhile, has recorded more than 8,000 deaths from guns since the Newtown massacre. But mass shootings are also a powerful reminder of how lax our gun laws are, how easy it is for someone who is unstable to get hold of a gun, and how difficult it is to make changes in our gun policy that would reduce the numbers of people killed by gun violence. In Australia, a mass shooting that occurred in 1996 caused the country to enact strict gun laws. In the aftermath of every gun massacre, we are forced to ask ourselves again: what will take in America? Joe Nocera Lance Wilson, 3, was shot in the head and killed at a mobile home park in Michigan City, Ind., Sunday afternoon. 24-year-old Zachariah L. Grisham, who is romantically involved with the victim's mother, was charged with reckless homicide. Investigators found that Grisham and the victim had been playing a game, with the boy using his hand to pretend to shoot Grisham. During the game, Grisham took out a handgun and, thinking it was not loaded, pulled the trigger. A 5-year-old child was shot twice when an argument between his parents escalated to gunfire in New Orleans East, La., Sunday night. Phong Nguyen, 34, told police he became so upset with his wife that he grabbed a Glock 27 semi-automatic pistol and began to fire aimlessly, hitting his son in the leg and torso. He faces charges of attempted first-degree murder, second-degree cruelty to juveniles and aggravated assault. BayouBuzz.com Two adults and a child were killed in a domestic shooting in Gwinnett County, Ga., Sunday night. The police identified the dead as Raynord Daniel, 19; Angelina Benton, 34; and Benton's 12-year-old son, Joseph McDonald. 23-year-old Justin Cato, Angelina Benton's boyfriend, was shot in the leg. Robert E. Bell, 33, is wanted on three counts of felony murder and one count of aggravated assault. Police said the suspect and the victims had been on good terms and have not figured out a motive for the shootings. AJC.com A woman was killed, another woman was wounded and several children were injured when a neighborhood dispute ended in gunshots in Austell, Ga., Monday night. Police said the woman who died may have been an innocent bystander, and the children were either shot or hit by debris. Two armed men fled the scene and remain at large. 25-year-old Debra Martin and her 3-year-old son were accidentally shot and wounded in Chilton County, Ala., Saturday night. Charles Martin, 27, the child's father, told a police dispatcher he had just finished cleaning his handgun and was in the process of reloading it when it went off. No arrests will be made. The Clanton Advertiser A man was shot and wounded when he tried to stop a woman from hitting her 5-year-old child at an apartment complex in Conroe, Tex., early Sunday. Crystal Arguello, 27, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, injury to a child and felon in possession of a firearm. MyFoxHouston.com Abraham Iman Jenkins, 19, was shot to death two blocks from the Livingstone College campus in Salisbury, N.C., Monday afternoon. Andre Rynell Bognuda, 22, was charged with murder. School officials said the violence had no connection to the college. A motive was not announced. Charlotte Observer A 25-year-old man was killed in a shooting in the 7th Ward of New Orleans, La., Monday afternoon. The victim was reportedly trying to escape a hail of gunfire when he was struck, and collapsed in a vacant lot. A witness reported hearing 15 shots. "Unfortunately this is always happening, consistently every day," Sophia Clements, a 7th Ward resident, said. Daytime, nighttime, morning, evening and it doesn't matter. A 21-year-old man was shot in the face and seriously wounded in West Babylon, Long Island, N.Y., Monday afternoon. 21-year-old Christian Warren was in front of his home at around 4:30 p.m. when he was shot by a person who fired from a passing vehicle. Babylon Village Patch A 28-year-old man was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Hartland, Wis., Sunday. Officers found the man shot in the chest inside a car. Waukesha Patch A man was shot several times in Seattle, Wash., Sunday night. Officers arrived at the old Rainier Brewery, which has been converted to a multi-use building with private apartments, and found the victim on the sixth floor. The suspects had fled. Police aren't sure what led up to the shooting. Q13Fox.com Adrian T. Williams, 30, was shot several times and critically wounded after a bar fight in Frostproof, Fla., early Monday. The victim and the shooter were pulled into an altercation between two women, which continued after they left the bar. Joe Louis McCain, 23, was arrested. NewsChief.com A 28-year-old man was shot in the shoulder during a carjacking in Bakersfield, Calif., early Monday. The victim told police that a man shot him with a small-caliber handgun while stealing his pickup truck. Police are soliciting tips from the public. A shooting in Jackson, Mich., sent two people to the hospital Monday night. Witnesses at the scene said they heard nine to 10 shots. A woman was shot and wounded while waiting for a bus in Las Vegas, Nev., late Monday. Two groups of men got into a fight and several shots were fired, hitting the woman and one of the men involved in the fight. The police gang unit is investigating. A 30-year-old man was shot in the chest and stomach and critically wounded in the East Frankford section of Philadelphia, Pa., Monday night. At least 16 shots were fired. A man with an empty handgun was arrested a few blocks away. Police at the crime scene found a discarded semiautomatic handgun. A woman was shot and critically injured at an apartment complex in Memphis, Tenn., Monday morning. The suspect ran into a wooded area between the complex and an elementary school, forcing the school into lockdown. Police are asking for information from the public. A man was killed in a possible drive-by shooting in Lithonia, Ga., Monday night. The victim was found dead in the front yard of a home on a street riddled with bullets. Police have not yet identified the victim, a suspect or a motive. A man was shot in the face and critically wounded after a verbal altercation in the Caddo Heights neighborhood of Shreveport, La., Monday afternoon. Police said someone in a car opened fire on the victim, who was in a Toyota Camry. A white SUV was spotted leaving the scene. According to Slate's gun-death tracker, an estimated 8,241 people have died as a result of gun violence in America since the Newtown massacre on December 14, 2012.