****Total Virginia gun deaths in 2017: 1,041
Gun suicides: 672
Gun homicides: 354
Long gun homicides: 22 *****
If it falls in line with the USA BS numbers, then 67% are suicide (still lower than Japan, France and Iceland), 18% are self defense (police, security, citizens) and 13% of the last 15% would be illegal and gang violence in cities where gun laws are very strict. So when they compare to Europe’s numbers, remember that 98% of our numbers are BS. Which would be about 20-30 lives per year in VA. Far more die from fists, bats and falling down steps.
Exactly. Unjustified firearm homicides carried out by legal gun owners is amazingly small compared to suicides and illegal gun crime. Democrat harping has nothing to do with actual guns. Like everything else with them, it’s about money and power and votes.