Posted on 03/30/2020 10:03:20 AM PDT by RArtfulogerDodger
Guns in the Home: A Detailed Look at the Statistics by The Watcher Emeritus'
Mike Antol, a writer at Quora, has an in-depth look at the gun death statistics often cited by gun control advocates. He writes:
There are 32,000 gun related deaths per year by firearms, and this number is not disputed. Average U.S. population 324,059,091. Do the math: 0.00987% of the population dies from gun related actions each year. Statistically speaking, this is insignificant! What is never told, however, is a breakdown of those 32,000 deaths, to put them in perspective as compared to other causes of death:• 65% of those deaths are by suicide which would never be prevented by gun laws• 15% are by law enforcement in the line of duty and justified• 17% are through criminal activity, gang and drug related or mentally ill persons – gun violence• 3% are accidental discharge deaths.
So technically, "gun violence" is not 32,000 annually, but drops to 5,100. Still too many? Well, first, how are those deaths spanned across the nation?• 480 homicides (9.4%) were in Chicago• 344 homicides (6.7%) were in Baltimore• 333 homicides (6.5%) were in Detroit• 119 homicides (2.3%) were in Washington D.C. (a 54% increase over prior years)So basically, 25% of all gun crime happens in just 4 cities. All 4 of those cities have strict gun laws, so it is not the lack of law that is the root cause.
This basically leaves 3,825 for the entire rest of the nation, or about 75 deaths per state. That is an average because some States have much higher rates than others. For example, California had 1,169 and Alabama had 1.Now, who has the strictest gun laws by far? California, of course, but understand, so it is not guns causing this. It is a crime rate spawned by the number of criminal persons residing in those cities and states. So if all cities and states are not created equally, then there must be something other than the tool causing the gun deaths.
Are 5,100 deaths per year horrific? How about in comparison to other deaths? All death is sad and especially so when it is in the commission of a crime but that is the nature of crime. Robbery, death, rape, assault all is done by criminals and thinking that criminals will obey laws is ludicrous. That's why they are criminals.
But what about other deaths each year?• 40,000+ die from a drug overdose–• 36,000 people die per year from the flu, far exceeding the criminal gun deaths• 34,000 people die per year in traffic fatalities(exceeding gun deaths even if you include suicide)Now it gets good:• 200,000+ people die each year (and growing) from preventable medical errors. You are safer in Chicago than when you are in a hospital!• 710,000 people die per year from heart disease. It’s time to stop the double cheeseburgers! So what is the point? If the anti-gun movement focused their attention on heart disease, even a 10% decrease in cardiac deaths would save twice the number of lives annually of all gun-related deaths. A 10% reduction in medical errors would be 66% of the total gun deaths or 4 times the number of criminal homicides. Simple, easily preventable 10% reductions!
So you have to ask yourself, in the grand scheme of things, why the focus on guns? It's pretty simple. Taking away guns gives control to governments. The founders of this nation knew that regardless of the form of government, those in power may become corrupt and seek to rule as the British did by trying to disarm the populace of the colonies. It is not difficult to understand that a disarmed populace is a controlled populace. Thus, the second amendment was proudly and boldly included in the U.S. Constitution. It must be preserved at all costs.
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Does he know that you put his stuff on your blog?
Go to hell.
Wash your hands, stay away from groups.
I agree there is gun violence.
And there also are other kinds of aggression and violence.
That’s why I put a lot of range time in.
So I can meet it head on.
Then there is “no gun violence.”
Personal carry makes sure there is no gun violence.
The right to bear arms shall not be infringed.
You can’t SEEM to get ANYthing right....
I live alone, with no family and no heirs. A firearm has been in open display for 9 years, and it has not once, jumped up and shot me or anyone who visits!
Well, at least I'm not ripping off content for my blog.
So I've got that going for me.
Which is nice.
Wash your hands.
Gun related deaths by firearms. Okay.
Murder by death!
First, there is no info on non-police justifiable homicides. They aren't suicides, police shootings, crimes or accidents. Where do they fit in?
Second, the local stats count up "homicides", but police shootings, justified civilian shootings and accidents killing others are also homicides in addition to the criminal shootings. Just counting homicides is probably mixing apples and oranges. Beware quoting these stats without much further research as to where the homicide numbers came from.
“There are 32,000 gun related deaths per year by firearms, and this number is not disputed.”
You and gunner should hold hands and cuddle s/
“So technically, “gun violence” is not 32,000 annually, but drops to 5,100.”
Of which a good chunk make society better.
Ping
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Sounds like something that takes place out back of the dumpster behind the chicken place.
He makes it sound like it's not crime related gun deaths.
Take out those and see what the stats are.
It is a very difficult number to be certain of. Our best estimates is there are about 1500 justifiable homicides a year.
I have problems with the article, because if is more of a rant than an argument.
I was hoping for
Your opinion,,,
Would You
“Tune it Up?”
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