Posted on 10/27/2018 6:37:24 PM PDT by jmclemore
In 2018 alone, including the most recent carnage at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, there have been 47,220 gun-related incidents resulting in 11,984 deaths in the United States, according to data compiled by Gun Violence Archive, an independent data-collection and research group.
That breaks down to 157 incidents and 40 deaths a day and does not include 22,000 suicides. Of the total fatalities, 548 were children, while 2,321 were teenagers.
(Excerpt) Read more at marketwatch.com ...
Independent my ass..
How many of these were law enforcement defending innocent citizens?
How many of these were legally armed citizens defending themselves from deadly assaults?
How many of these were the ferals in the big blue cities killing each other over being “dissed”, turf, or over a pair of sneakers?
American red states and counties do not have a gun problem.
Young democrats have a gun problem and commit the vast amount of gun crimes in our nation and have for the last 20 years according to the FBI on line data banks.
That map, and most data maps like it, are just population density maps. There is nothing of value that can be learned from this map other than “more people live in these places.”
There are more than 5 times as many "incidents" which result in death due to medical errors than there are "gun incidents"
I live in a town where everyone has a gun and a dog. No violent crime. No gun accidents.
Didn’t see any break down by perpetrator.
So come and take the guns, Ms. Chang. Let’s do this.
unfortunately, in my lifetime, I’ve known probably 20+ people who have offed themselves.
Only 2 used a gun
Closed garages and pills lead the list, with a couple of self-hangings thrown in
How many times were firearms brandished to thwart a gun related incident?
My doggie said the dogs get credit!
In Chicago...I would call that Darwinism at it’s best!
For context thats a mere 10 days of abortions in the usa.
And about one-third of people dead in vehicle accidents.
Yup, iatrogenic deaths from nurses and doctors kill far more people a year than guns.
The libtard logic would demand we ban doctors and nurses. ban hospitals.
They dont scream about banning cars because of accident deaths.
Exactly. One wonders if these anti-gun nuts would prefer people were killed with bombs, knives, baseball bats, hammers, or a million other things that can be used as weapons.
Roughly a couple million times.
So we can reduce crime if we redistribute the poor instead redistributing wealth....
Yeah , we can give every city a poverty quota and once that has been filled any excess poor people must be relocated to cities with a poverty deficit.
I’m being sarcastic, but it would probably be more effective financing a poverty lifestyle since they would no longer have a support group to make them feel deserving of OPM.....
We have enough of those in government as it is.....
Hey libs,
Sh!t happens, and when it is your time, it’s your time.
now stop whining and suck it up
Auto’s got guns beat!
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