I wonder how many of these deaths and injuries were bad guys being shot in self defense by a homeowner? The article doesn’t indicate that perps are not included in the total.
I’m surprised you’re the only one on this thread who has mentioned this so far.
Yes, when you see firearms only as tools of senseless violence then any shooting death is a tragedy. Even the death of someone who really, really needed killing.
I think it is only fair to calculate the value to society of perps killed. Certainly their deaths spared innocent lives they would have taken in the future, if they were still on the loose.
For all we know, a straight count of lives lost versus lives saved might change the loss into a net gain.