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Sometimes satire can make a point better than 1,000 editorials ever could. The Onion is clearly the leader of the pack, with a “column” this week that highlights the prevalence of domestic gun violence. If the only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun, what happens when that bad guy is a family member?

Without guns, how am I supposed to protect myself from my immediate family? If I lose my gun rights, I lose my right to self-defense against those who live closest to me, right here in my own home. What happens if my wife or one of my kids, ages 7 to 16, decides to rob me? Or attack me? If I’m not carrying a gun, my options are pretty limited. If a suspicious family member wandering the hallways suddenly threatens me, I have the right to fight back using everything up to and including deadly force. That’s why I keep a Smith & Wesson 642 Hammerless strapped to my calf at all times.

Stand your ground, indeed. Here is today’s report.

—Jennifer Mascia

A man was shot and killed while holding a 3-year-old child in a shooting at a Richland County, S.C., apartment complex late Wednesday. The shooting erupted after an altercation between two groups, and the victim, who was in his mid-to-late 20s, appears to have been an innocent bystander. The child was unhurt.

—The State

66-year-old Judy Salamon was shot and killed while driving through East Oakland, Calif., a few blocks from her home Wednesday afternoon. A gunman opened fire on her green Subaru at around 1:30 p.m. and her car slid backwards and crashed into a parked vehicle. Officers were unable to locate any suspects.

—KTVU.com

A man reportedly caught trespassing on private property was shot and killed in Turlock, Calif., Tuesday morning. Brandon Pacheco, 25, was shot by Robin Boyer, 58, who told police he caught the victim stealing his possessions. An altercation allegedly ensued and Boyer shot Pacheco in the head. His body was found on the edge of a sweet potato field. The district attorney is weighing charges.

—BeeInTurlock.com

A man suffered life-threatening injuries when he shot himself at an Oceanside, Calif., shooting range Wednesday afternoon. The man, believed to be in his 40s or 50s, rented a gun from the Iron Sights range and intentionally turned it on himself.

—U-T San Diego

Michael Darracott, 44, was shot multiple times by his girlfriend’s ex-husband, who then turned the gun on himself, in Pleasant Prairie, Wis., Tuesday night. Dean L. Knudtson, 42, shot Darracott, drove to Racine, confessed his crime to a 911 operator and fatally shot himself.

—The Journal Times

Two men were shot and wounded during an attempted robbery in Odenton, Md., Tuesday night. The victims, ages 23 and 30, told police that three men had approached them, two of them with handguns, and demanded their property. At some point during the robbery, gunfire erupted. Andrew Gary Neale, 22, has been charged with three counts of attempted murder.

—The Baltimore Sun

Bradley Bostick, 40, was shot and killed in a stairwell in a building in Alexandria, Va., Monday night. “He didn’t deserve what happened to him, and another good person is taken away for no good reason,” said Candrice Lewis, who had a child with the victim. Police have not yet released a suspect description or motive.

—ABC 7

A man was killed in a drive-by shooting in the South Chicago neighborhood of Chicago, Ill., Tuesday evening. Tyrone Hart, 18, was standing on a street corner at about 7:45 p.m. when someone inside a passing car opened fire. Authorities could not provide a motive and no one is in custody.

—CBS Chicago

Three people were injured in a drive-by shooting outside a home in St. Louis, Mo., Tuesday evening. Unknown suspects drove by and began firing, hitting a 19-year-old man in the neck and a 24-year-old man in the jaw. A 22-year-old woman was found with graze wounds. No word on suspects.

—KSDK.com

A man was killed and a second man was wounded in a shooting in East Oakland, Calif., Tuesday night. The dead man was found bleeding from the head and the injured man was shot in the foot at about 7:30 p.m. Police have reported no arrests.

—SF Gate

A man was shot and critically wounded during an attempted robbery in a Big Lots parking lot in Las Vegas, Nev., Wednesday night. Police said the victim was driving when someone with a gun approached his vehicle and demanded his wallet. When the victim could not provide a wallet, the suspect shot him in the torso. The suspect fled.

—ABC 13

A brazen daylight shooting in the Bayview district of San Francisco, Calif., left a man and a woman wounded Wednesday afternoon. Two men reportedly jumped out of a vehicle and fired as many as ten shots meant for someone else. The suspect was arrested filling up his car at a gas station just up the road.

—KTVU.com

A 19-year-old man was found in the street suffering from a gunshot wound in Kokomo, Ind., Wednesday afternoon. Grant W. Small, 25, allegedly shot the victim after an altercation; he has been charged with attempted murder.

—Kokomo Tribune

A man and a woman, believed to be husband and wife, were found dead after a domestic shooting in Albuquerque, N.M., Wednesday night. The names of the victims haven’t been released.

—Associated Press

A domestic dispute led to a shooting in southwest Oklahoma City, Okla., Wednesday afternoon. Two people are in custody.

—KOCO.com

Two people were shot and wounded in the Highland Heights neighborhood of Memphis, Tenn., early Wednesday. Police are looking for two suspects.

—WREG

Two men were shot and wounded after an altercation in the courtyard area of an apartment building in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday night. Police do not have any suspects.

—San Jose Mercury News

34-year-old Imran Ashgar was behind the counter of a carryout in southeast Columbus, Ohio, late Wednesday when two robbers shot and killed him. Officers are looking at security cameras in the area for clues.

—10TV.com

Joshua Renick, 31, was fatally shot by the man whose house he was trying to rob on the southeast side of Indianapolis, Ind., early Wednesday. The prosecutor’s office will determine if criminal charges will be filed against the homeowner.

—RTV6

Michael Mariscal, 21, was shot and wounded in front of his East Palo Alto, Calif., home Wednesday afternoon. The victim was walking up the driveway of his grandparents’ home when the suspect approached and began shooting. Police later arrested 32-year-old Ernesto Cuellar.

—San Jose Mercury News

Two men were shot in the Old Hill neighborhood of Springfield, Mass., Wednesday night. The city’s ShotSpotter bullet detection system recorded seven shots. Police do not know what precipitated the shooting.

—MassLive.com

27-year-old Pablo Aquino was fatally shot in the Mill Hill section of Bridgeport, Conn., Wednesday night. The victim was taken to a hospital in a private car, where he was pronounced dead. Investigators are searching for 36-year-old Jose Miguel Torres, who is armed and dangerous.

—Boston.com

According to Slate’s gun-death tracker, an estimated 6,512 people have died as a result of gun violence in America since the Newtown massacre on December 14, 2012.