Posted on 02/23/2015 10:43:47 AM PST by Sean_Anthony
Government was "misrepresenting RCMP firearms statistics by overstating the number of firearms involved in violent crimes."
By using an over-inclusive definition, Statistics Canada has exaggerated the number of violent crimes that involve guns. The result is that gun violence appears to be four times more frequent than it really is. In 2013 (the most recent year statistics are available) Statistics Canada reports that there were 5,027 “firearms-related” incidents out of 263,054 violent crimes (i.e., 2% of violent crimes). Clearly, gun violence isn’t prevalent.
But even that small share exaggerates the frequency that a gun was actually used to commit a violent crime. A Special Request I made to Statistics Canada late in 2014 revealed that a gun was actually used in just 1,194 violent crimes in 2013. Gun violence only occurred in one-quarter of “firearms-related” crimes and in just 0.5% of violent crimes.
(Excerpt) Read more at canadafreepress.com ...
Wow, hard to believe an arm of the government would misrepresent things like this.
Politicians lie. Left wing politicians do nothing else.
When two gang-banger drug dealers shoot each other at midnight in school yard, Mothers Demanding (some side) Action call it a school shooting.
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