Boy, 12, Shot in Face by 11-Year-Old; Neither Aware of Reduction in Gun Crime (updated!)

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12. I'd say that both of the agriest sides of gun control are fighting under a misconception...

that crime is pouring all over us.

1. Christian Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2013/0508/With-gun-violence-down-is-America-arming-against-an-imagined-threat-video

With gun violence down, is America arming against an imagined threat? (+video)

A Pew study released Tuesday finds that Americans think gun violence has escalated when in reality it's way down from two decades ago. The violence has dropped, meanwhile, even as gun ownership has increased.

2. http://www.numberof.net/number-of-guns-in-america/



How many guns are there in America?

238 million

As per the estimation, now in America there are between 238 million and 276 million privately owned firearms. Nobody knows for sure the exact number. There are unauthorized illegal arms like machine guns and grenade launchers are being smuggled in undetected and there is no federal gun registry for the legally owned firearms either.

3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_vehicle#United_States

According to Ward's, the U.S. has the largest fleet of motor vehicles in the world, with 239.8 million by 2010, and vehicle ownership per capita in the U.S. is also the highest in the world with 769 vehicles in operation per 1000 inhabitants, or a ratio of 1:1.3 vehicles to people.[4] The U.S. Department of Energy reports a higher motorization rate of 828 vehicles per 1000 people and a total fleet of 245,441 vehicles by 2009. According to USDoE, the rate of motorization peaked in 2007 at 842.6 vehicles per 1000 people.[16] In terms of licensed drivers, as of 2009 the country had 1.0 vehicle for every licensed driver, and 1.87 vehicles per household.[17 (or 84% of 331,000,000 or about 260,000,000.

4. Child deaths by fire arms:

http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications/data/protect-children-not-guns-report-2009.html

The latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that 3,184 children and teens died from gunfire in the United States in 2006—a 6 percent increase from 2005. This means one young life lost every two hours and 45 minutes, almost nine every day, 61 every week.

Of these deaths, 2,225 were homicides, 763 were suicides and 196 were due to an accident or undetermined circumstances. Boys accounted for 2,815 of the deaths; girls for 369 deaths. More than five times as many children and teens—17,451—suffered non-fatal gun injuries.

5. How many kids killed by motor vehicles:

http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/child_passenger_safety/cps-factsheet.html

Child Passenger Safety: Fact Sheet
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Motor vehicle injuries are the leading cause of death among children in the United States.1 But many of these deaths can be prevented. Placing children in age- and size-appropriate car seats and booster seats reduces serious and fatal injuries by more than half.2


SOOOOOOOooooooooooo. I am tired of gun nuts arming for self defense. A
person who arms solely for self is stupid and dangerous.

I am tired of pro gun control nuts who use the same misconception to promote their aganda, also.

So would all the screamers please tone it down.

BTW if saving the children is the real goal, start with cars and the roads, first.

I believe in a national gun registry and a mandatory background check and two week wait. Also: disarm all men who are in the middle of a divorce, separation, fight over custody until his spouce signs off.