1. The face of firearm deaths is mostly male (91.4 percent) and,
2. Women are much more likely to die at the hands of a gun-wielder in states where guns are more prevalent, according to Harvard University researchers. Between 1988 and 1997, women in high-gun states (Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and West Virginia) were 1.5 times more likely to die from suicide, 2.7 times more likely to die from homicide, and 11.2 times more likely to die from firearm accidents than in low-gun states
Somehow they seem to have devoted an inordinate amount of attention to analyzing and reporting on 8.6% of the incidents.
There is a big lie burried in this report: "Unintentional gun deaths in the U.S. have steadily declined in the last century, according to the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research. Some possible explanations: the number of gun-owning households dropped 32 percent from 1973 to 2000, and a smaller percentage of households have an adult male."
Seems to me that the number of households in the US has increased by far more than 32% since 1973, leaving us with more, not fewer households with guns even if the percentage has dropped. Somehow we have gotten safer, but get no credit for it.
Lastly a question, just what counts as an "unintentional" death? If I get shot by a criminal, he intended to kill me, so I guess that doesn't count. On the other hand if someone breaks in and gets blown away no one intended for this result, so that statistic counts.
There is a big lie burried in this report: "Unintentional gun deaths in the U.S. have steadily declined in the last century, according to the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research. Some possible explanations: the number of gun-owning households dropped 32 percent from 1973 to 2000, and a smaller percentage of households have an adult male."
The message also says to me that 'unintentional gun deaths' primarily occur in households where a white male and a weapon are both present. Feminazi agitprop, no?