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<blockquote data-quote="nemesis" data-source="post: 3562971" data-attributes="member: 12082"><p>The anti gun lunatic has no interest in facts. "Don't confuse me with Truth! My mind is made up!"</p><p></p><p>So, for them..............</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.thinklikeacop.org/guncontrol.html" target="_blank">http://www.thinklikeacop.org/guncontrol.html</a></p><p></p><p>(Excerpted)</p><p></p><p>There are 30,000 gun related deaths per year by firearms. That is, 0.000000925% of the population die from gun related actions each year. Statistically speaking, this is insignificant!</p><p></p><p>What is never told, however, is a breakdown of those 30,000 deaths, to put them in perspective as compared to other causes of death:</p><p></p><p>• 65% of those deaths are by suicide which would never be prevented by gun laws</p><p>• 15% are by law enforcement in the line of duty and justified</p><p>• 17% are through criminal activity, gang and drug related or mentally ill persons – gun violence</p><p>• 3% are accidental discharge deaths</p><p></p><p>So technically, "gun violence" is not 30,000 annually, but drops to 5,100. Still too many? Well, first, how are those deaths spanned across the nation?</p><p></p><p>480 homicides (9.4%) were in Chicago</p><p></p><p>344 homicides (6.7%) were in Baltimore</p><p></p><p>333 homicides (6.5%) were in Detroit</p><p></p><p>119 homicides (2.3%) were in Washington D.C. (a 54% increase over prior years)</p><p></p><p>So basically, 25% of all gun crime happens in just 4 cities. All 4 of those cities have strict gun laws, so it is not the lack of law that is the root cause.</p><p></p><p>So here are some other causes of deaths per year:</p><p></p><p>40,000 plus die from a drug overdose (Drugs are outlawed and controlled)</p><p></p><p>36,000 people die each year from the flu, far exceeding the criminal gun deaths</p><p></p><p>34,000 people die each year in traffic fatalities (exceeding gun deaths even if you include suicide)</p><p></p><p>Now for the big numbers:</p><p></p><p>- 200,000+ people die each year (and growing) from preventable medical errors. (Imagine this, you are safer in Chicago than when in a hospital, but cameras and videotaping medical procedures are outlawed?)</p><p></p><p>- 710,000 people die per year from heart disease. That's 142 times more people than die by guns.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nemesis, post: 3562971, member: 12082"] The anti gun lunatic has no interest in facts. "Don't confuse me with Truth! My mind is made up!" So, for them.............. [URL]http://www.thinklikeacop.org/guncontrol.html[/URL] (Excerpted) There are 30,000 gun related deaths per year by firearms. That is, 0.000000925% of the population die from gun related actions each year. Statistically speaking, this is insignificant! What is never told, however, is a breakdown of those 30,000 deaths, to put them in perspective as compared to other causes of death: • 65% of those deaths are by suicide which would never be prevented by gun laws • 15% are by law enforcement in the line of duty and justified • 17% are through criminal activity, gang and drug related or mentally ill persons – gun violence • 3% are accidental discharge deaths So technically, "gun violence" is not 30,000 annually, but drops to 5,100. Still too many? Well, first, how are those deaths spanned across the nation? 480 homicides (9.4%) were in Chicago 344 homicides (6.7%) were in Baltimore 333 homicides (6.5%) were in Detroit 119 homicides (2.3%) were in Washington D.C. (a 54% increase over prior years) So basically, 25% of all gun crime happens in just 4 cities. All 4 of those cities have strict gun laws, so it is not the lack of law that is the root cause. So here are some other causes of deaths per year: 40,000 plus die from a drug overdose (Drugs are outlawed and controlled) 36,000 people die each year from the flu, far exceeding the criminal gun deaths 34,000 people die each year in traffic fatalities (exceeding gun deaths even if you include suicide) Now for the big numbers: - 200,000+ people die each year (and growing) from preventable medical errors. (Imagine this, you are safer in Chicago than when in a hospital, but cameras and videotaping medical procedures are outlawed?) - 710,000 people die per year from heart disease. That's 142 times more people than die by guns. [/QUOTE]
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