I think the suicide percentage is closer to 75%.
Where are all the liberal gun grabbers when it comes to suicides?
Posted on 08/30/2019 9:33:39 AM PDT by george76
despite what you may have heard, the frequency of mass shootings hasn’t changed much over recent decades.
In fact, such shootings are rare and account for a tiny fraction of overall gun deaths in America.
About 33,000 people are fatally shot in the U.S. each year. About two-thirds of these deaths are suicides.
Another third of these are homicides, which have been steadily declining for decades. In 2015, some 13,286 people were killed in the U.S. by firearms in non-suicide related deaths. In 1993, that figure was 18,253. In most of the years in between, part of a decades-long trend of declining gun violence, mass shooting victims accounted for less than one-tenth of a percent of shooting victims.
The fact that gun homicides have plummeted in recent decades even as the number of firearms increased by about 50 percent and the U.S. population increased by 70 million is an important story. Unfortunately, it’s one few Americans know.
Polls show that just 12 percent of Americans believe gun violence has declined in the U.S., a reality they likely missed because of extended media coverage of mass shootings.
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intense media coverage of mass shootings is actually perpetuating them.
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coverage of mass shootings appears to be encouraging them. But even if one doesn’t accept the premise that exhaustive media coverage is causing more mass shootings, it’s clearly distorting our perception of gun violence in America.
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the odds of dying in a mass shooting are extremely low, not much higher than being killed by a random blast lightning, which claims about 44 American lives annually.
Perhaps most importantly, as we mourn the victims and try to understand what’s happening, we must not fan the anger, resentment, nihilism, and hatred that bubbles beneath the violence.
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I stay away from crowds when possible.
I think the suicide percentage is closer to 75%.
Where are all the liberal gun grabbers when it comes to suicides?
Actually it says in OP 66% are suicide
but your point is spot on
I agree that mass shootings are publicized way beyond their damage compared to other gun violence but I understand the public concern. Decades ago I read Bugliosi’s Helter Skelter about the Manson Family slayings. The book was disturbing, obviously, but what truly affected me was the killing of the de la Rosa couple (I might be off on the name). That middle-aged couple was killed as “practice” for planned murders. They were randomly chosen.
This is significant because we comfort ourselves with the idea that most risks can be minimized with some precautions. If we don’t want to be shot, we avoid drugs and gangs, don’t hang out with violent people, stay away from guns in the wrong hands, don’t piss off the wrong people, avoid crowds and volatile situations and generally live innocuous lives. But mass shootings are often random and people caught up in them are frequently just in the wrong place at the wrong time. So our veneer of safety is ripped apart and we are exposed to our vulnerability. Thus, the public is disturbed by these more than others because there is no way to really protect yourself or loved ones. Everyone is a potential mass shooting victim regardless of precautions.
I don’t contend the focus is right, just understandable.
AND.... Huge policy and law actions based on phenomenon that happen in tiny, tiny numbers generally, or perhaps always, cause negative consequences in some other area of society in much more substantial numbers. But then, in this case, that’s kinda the point.
So called mass shootings are rare, and the numbers affected are tiny.
By the way, even in the area of multiple-victim shootings, the motives vary substantively.
But motives don’t always correlate to choice of victims. Obviously selected venues such as churches, synagogues and businesses like nightclubs imply some related motive but many shooters seem to be motivated by something like illegal immigration but their choice of venue is fairly random, like the Garlic Festival or a Wal-mart or a shopping center or concert.
Sooner or later, everybody dies of something. Current global death rate remains at 100%.
I avoid crowds, large groups of people, and the like. Guess I am somewhat anti social.
Somehow I am not on most invitation lists for pointless feel good meetings. I want to keep it that way.
If I could stay in the garage by myself most of any given day, that would suit me.
However, if there is a problem and no one else will (or care to) help, and if you can find me, maybe you can get me to help.
I stay away from places like North Philly, the southside of Chicago , and south-central LA
There’s where your murders are
More people die every day from old age than a year’s worth of mass shootings.
Where’s the outrage??? (wink)
bkmk
“North Philly, the southside of Chicago , and south-central LA”
Denver may not be as bad, yet, but we are working on it.
We do have an MLK Boulevard.
If I could only afford it.
The best I can do is a half apart K5 blazer.
Operating budget is very tiny.
I hear ya....all the best
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