Posted on 07/20/2023 4:59:02 AM PDT by marktwain
Current comparisons between gun-related deaths of children & teens vs deaths involving motor vehicles is MISLEADING ON PURPOSE.
U.S.A. — Over 96% of firearms-related deaths of children and teens are intentional. Much has been written about the number of children and teens (people under the age of 20) who are killed in incidents involving firearms as being more significant than the number of people under 20 who are killed in incidents involving motor vehicles.
It is a ridiculous comparison. It is meant to elicit an emotional response.
Nearly all incidents involving motor vehicles are unintentional deaths (accidents). There may be a few homicides and suicides. The vast majority of vehicle deaths are accidents.
In 2019, 96.4% of those killed with firearms were intentional. In 2020, 96.5% were intentional. In 2019, 61% of deaths where the intent was known (homicide, suicide, or accident) were homicides; suicides were 35%. In 2020, homicides were 66%, Suicides were 30%
By contrast, fatal firearm accidents for all ages dropped more than 94% from 1933 to 2017. Those small number of incidents cited are caused mainly by irresponsible adults. Nearly all firearm fatalities happen because someone decides to commit a crime, killing someone or themselves.
Intentional acts like murder or suicide allow for the substitution of methods. Because methods are easily substituted, when access to one method/tool is made more difficult, others are substituted in its place.
(Excerpt) Read more at ammoland.com ...
Substitution of an instrument does not change the homicide or suicide rates.
If we were to eliminate Blacks gun deaths in our statistics USA is safer than the UK.
And they have been disarmed.
We civilians have over 492 million guns(est).
Probably more but that would be guessing.
Coupled with the amount of Ammo we have stashed,
in addition to the 8 billion rounds produced per year.
It is not the gun it is the idiots using it.
(sarcasm)
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Please shut up! Go eat another doughnut.
Interestingly, the data is showing a reduction of the 0 to 19 population, which means the older of the cohort is larger than the younger.
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