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20+ years of FBI data – “Assault Rifles” pose little threat to public safety
Knowledge Glue ^
| 21 June, 2016
| Brandon
Posted on 02/22/2017 2:36:39 PM PST by marktwain
AR15s are now by far the most popular gun being sold on the civilian market in the United States. By some estimates, nearly a quarter of all firearms sold in 2014 and 2015 were so-called Assault Rifles like the AR15, of this 25% figure, the vast majority were AR15s or variants thereof.
Since 1995 (the year after the 1994-2004 Assault Weapons Ban), the FBI has maintained a very detailed list of how many people have died at the hands of assault weapons and/or rifles, which are merged into the same group. Therefore, we can make a solid comparison on what gun violence looks like.
In 2014, you are 67% less likely to be murdered by an assault weapon or rifle than you were in 1995.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: ar15; assaultweapon; banglist; bantglist; publicsafety
Kind of a strange metric "percent of murders", but a very conservative way to look at it. Even with the entire murder rate dropping pretty fast, the chance of being murdered with a rifles has dropped even faster.
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posted on
02/22/2017 2:36:39 PM PST
by
marktwain
To: marktwain
It would be difficult to conceal an AR-15 for a robbery.
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posted on
02/22/2017 2:52:24 PM PST
by
PROCON
(Defending the Border isn't a Political Option, it's a Constitutional Obligation ~ Rick Perry)
To: Vince Ferrer
A viola case would work...
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posted on
02/22/2017 2:52:53 PM PST
by
Paladin2
(No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
To: marktwain
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posted on
02/22/2017 2:56:54 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
That multi-tool out front is ridiculous. Adds too much weight. I use a 3-tine Titanium spork on by AR.
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posted on
02/22/2017 3:09:37 PM PST
by
USMCPOP
(Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
02/22/2017 3:10:20 PM PST
by
jjotto
("Ya could look it up!")
To: marktwain
Anti-gunners never let the truth get in their way.
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posted on
02/22/2017 3:16:12 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
To: marktwain; All
-—and I wonder what Dianne Feinstein thinks of all this-
-after all, she can probably take credit for getting “assault weapon” sales to really take off——
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posted on
02/22/2017 3:48:55 PM PST
by
rellimpank
(--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
To: USMCPOP
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posted on
02/22/2017 3:53:26 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
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To: PROCON
Wait, where’s the shoulder thing that goes up?
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posted on
02/22/2017 4:48:54 PM PST
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: marktwain
Therefore, we can make a solid comparison on what gun violence looks like. Appreciate the article. I wish we could find a better term and not buy into their loaded terminology. Guns don't commit violence, people do. There are stats that tell us something about who those people are, but that is beyond the scope of your subject.
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posted on
02/22/2017 4:49:05 PM PST
by
MileHi
(Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
To: PROCON
Wait, where’s the shoulder thing that goes up?
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posted on
02/22/2017 4:49:11 PM PST
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: marktwain
Could We get This on the 6 o’clock News?
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posted on
02/22/2017 6:51:22 PM PST
by
Big Red Badger
(UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
To: Big Red Badger
Highly unlikely.
But Freerepublic is a pretty good outlet. Spread it around.
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posted on
02/22/2017 6:53:00 PM PST
by
marktwain
(We wanted to tell our side of the story. We hope by us telling our story...)
To: JoeProBono
Joe, that is banned in California. Can’t have an assault spork with 4 tines.
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posted on
02/23/2017 11:55:45 AM PST
by
USMCPOP
(Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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