Do 'More Guns Lead To More Deaths'? No, and that good news needs to be front and center in all discussions of gun control, especially after school shootings.

Reason ^ | 4.5.2023 1:35 PM | NICK GILLESPIE

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Just days after the school shooting in Nashville that left three students and three adults dead, Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D–N.Y.) and Rep. Thomas Massie (R–Ky.) got into a fiery exchange captured on video by Emily Brooks, a reporter for The Hill.

"There has never been a school shooting in a school that allows teachers to carry," said Massie. "More guns lead to more deaths," countered Bowman, "more guns lead to more deaths!"

It's understandable that tempers flare and voices rise in the aftermath of such horrific events. When faced with such situations, the urge to do something—to do anything—is nearly impossible to resist.

But is Rep. Bowman right that "more guns lead to more deaths?"

The short answer is no. That's great news, especially since reducing the number of guns in circulation presents not just immense pragmatic challenges but almost certainly insuperable constitutional barriers.

Over the past few decades, the number of guns in America has increased massively, so much so that there are now more guns than people in the United States. Yet federal crime statistics show that firearm homicides dropped about 40 percent between 1993 and 2018, from 7 per 100,000 people to 4.3 per 100,000 people (for nonfatal crimes involving guns, the decline was 71 percent). Violent crime, including homicides, did spike during the pandemic, and while the most recent data is incomplete, it's clear that gun-related violence remains far below where it was 30 years ago despite more guns than ever being out there.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

If you take out Democrat run cities, the USA has a very low gun death rate.

[Chad C. Mulligan]

Impossible to have a coherent discussion with people who ignore facts, or make up their own. All we can do is vote ‘em out and fix the mess they’ve made.

[FreedomPoster]

If you take out one component of the population, the USA has a very low gun death rate. But no one wants to talk about that.

[George J. Jetso]

The perpetrators will be shot instead of going to jail. So maybe yes.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Yep. And, as we all know, it’s a component highly concentrated in Dem-run cities.

[Lazamataz]

If you take out one component of the population, the USA has a very low gun death rate. But no one wants to talk about that.

Figgers.

[Sicon]

"All we can do is vote ‘em out"

I think 2020 and 2022 strongly suggest that is not the case.

[Chewbarkah]

The Dems are always all about power. No point engaging them with facts and logic, though those are useful for making a case to non-Democrats.

[montag813]

83% of all U.S. gun violence is committed by Blacks. It seems we have a race problem, not a gun problem.

[curious7]

Dr. John Lott already answered that question last century with his landmark study. And published his results in his book, “More Guns, Less Crime”. IIRC.

[Bob434]

It’s a proven fact that less guns lead to more deaths- the maggots that go on rapages always target places where guns are not allowed- why is that? B3cause MORE guns mean that the maggot criminal rampager is now at a severe disadvantage, and the coward doesn’t want to be shot.

The left have stolen the narrative and have caused the world to think that more guns means more shootings

There are videos of gangs attacking what they thought was an unarmed person- as soon as the person whips out a pistol, the gang knows it made a huge mistake, and scatters and leaves, because they don’t want to get shot themselves.

Thugs will always get guns, and we law abiding citizens have a right to defend ourselves agaisnt them! Banning guns will only result in the law abiding being comp,etely vulnerable to lawless thugs

[E. Pluribus Unum]

FACT: 98% of mass-shootings occur in gun-free zones

SOURCE: https://www.dailywire.com/news/what-percentage-mass-shootings-happen-gun-free-amanda-prestigiacomo

[LouAvul]

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[unlearner]

Guns should be well-regulated. So, spend time at the gun range.

Reduce gun violence. Don’t allow Democrats to have guns.

[Vaduz]

Do ‘More Guns Lead To More Deaths’? No

The left want a gun grab yet the left have no recall for forks that cause obesity or knives that kill more people than guns.

And they have no problem with murdering babies

Some logic huh Moe

[E. Pluribus Unum]

83% of all U.S. gun violence is committed by Blacks.

That's a stat I want to keep at my fingertips.

You wouldn't happen to have a source link, would you?

[castlebrew]

“Banning guns will only result in the law abiding being comp,etely vulnerable to lawless thugs.”

Which is exactly what the prog/coms want.

[Taxman]

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