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To: justlurking

Wikipedia:

“Two-thirds of all gun-related deaths in the United States are suicides. In 2010, there were 19,392 firearm-related suicide deaths, and 11,078 firearm-related homicide deaths in the United States.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States


12 posted on 06/21/2013 10:42:36 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Gun stats in America are usually pretty slanted.

For instance Detroit has a very high murder rate but it also has the highest justifiable homicide rate (about 5 per week) which is statistically counted as murder.


20 posted on 06/21/2013 11:58:12 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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