2015: Guns by the Numbers

Gun Watch ^ | 28 December, 2015 | Dean Weingarten

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Total private guns in the United States,  390 million

Murder rate in the U.S.  2015  4.5 per 100,000  FBI
Murder rate in the U.S.  1993  9.5 per 100,000  FBI
Murder rate in Brazil (latest) 25.2 per 100,000  Wikipedia
Murder rate in Mexico  2012 21.5 per 100,000  Wikipedia

Number of people with Concealed Carry permits in the United States: 12.8 million  CrimeResearch.org study

Number of States where no permit is required to carry concealed or openly:  10
CrimeResearch.org study

Number of states who issue carry permits - 49

Number of states where open carry of firearms is legal: 44 in 2015, 45 with the addition of Texas on 1 January, 2016.   Opencarry.org map

Number of NICS background checks in 2015  22.6 million  (pdf) FBI

Number of  police killed with their own guns in 2014 - 1  FBI
 
Number of times guns used to stop crime or for defense yearly: 1.5 million  suicide.org
Suicide rate in France                  12.3 per 100,000
Suicide rate in Japan                    18.5 per 100,000
Suicide rate in South Korea         28.9 per 100,000

U.S. Fatal Firearm Accident rate in 2015   .2 per 100,000  Gun Watch
U.S. Fatal Firearm Accident rate in 1932 2.5 per 100,000

Michael Bloomberg Dollars devoted to restricting the Second Amendment,  50 million:  Forbes

Percent who believe concealed carry of guns makes people safer:  53%   Gallup

Percent who think concealed carry makes people less safe: 41%  Gallup

Number of guns stolen or lost per year:        200,000  governing.com

Murders committed with handguns:                  6,115    FBI UCR

Murders committed with shotguns:                      366

Murders committed with rifles :                           367

Murders committed with (hands,fists,feet,etc.)    769

Murders committed with blunt objects:                549


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[marktwain]

A few numbers about guns at the end of 2015

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Bill Whittle: Number One with a Bullet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pELwCqz2JfE

[Boomer One]

And how many murders are committed with sharp objects?

[uncbob]

Factor out the Black and Hispanic numbers from the USA and it is even much lower

[Oberon]

Ping for later.

[Eagles6]

Love this one.

[Sergio]

bkmk

[SuperLuminal]

Bttt for later

[Paal Gulli]

It’s a stupid argument because a “murder” necessarily means someone dies. So any “murder” rate necessarily is greatly influenced by the availability and quality of emergency medical care. Statistically, over the same period as represented in the graph, the survival rate for GSW victims in America has increased faster than the number of murders has decreased, indicating that while more people are being shot, fewer enough are dying that the murder rate is in decline. Hardly brag-worthy.

Point of fact, it’s an inherently deceptive statistic. The use of disinformation and outright lies is the other side’s stock in trade. We need to avoid using those same tools, else we’re no better than they are.