{"id":209238,"date":"2016-06-21T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/fight-against-rampant-gun-death-in-thoughts-prayers-the-game\/"},"modified":"2016-06-21T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T01:00:00","slug":"fight-against-rampant-gun-death-in-thoughts-prayers-the-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/fight-against-rampant-gun-death-in-thoughts-prayers-the-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Fight against rampant gun death in Thoughts &#038; Prayers: The Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"press-p-to-pray\">Press P to pray<\/h2> <p>There have been 1,000 mass shootings in America over the last 3.5 years. That&#8217;s almost good for a rate of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/ng-interactive\/2015\/oct\/02\/mass-shootings-america-gun-violence\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">one per day<\/a>, though we only see the highlights make national news, like when 49 were killed in Orlando (another 53 injured) in the deadliest mass shooting in the country&#8217;s history.<\/p> <p>The response to such massacres by those in power &#8212; those with the power to, perhaps, try and decrease this rate of mass shootings &#8212; is swift and consistent, whether the victims are over 100 patrons of an LGBT-safe club in Orlando or 20 children in a Connecticut elementary school: thoughts &amp; prayers.<\/p> <p>That&#8217;s because, to quote an Onion piece that feels like it&#8217;ll be forever relevant, there&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/article\/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this-36131\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;No Way To Prevent This,&#8217; Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens<\/a>.<\/p> <p><em>Thoughts &amp; Prayers: The Game<\/em> is a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thoughtsandprayersthegame.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">free browser game<\/a> that lets you try and save lives by alternating between thinking about and praying for victims of mass shootings in America. So far my high score is 142 thoughts &amp; prayers (I&#8217;m still dealing with this dislocated thumb), which saved a combined 0 lives, but I bet if you pray and think harder than me, you might save a few. One tip I can offer: ignore the &#8220;ban assault weapons sales&#8221; button that shows up halfway through the round. 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