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In reply to the discussion: Does anyone care that the murder rate in the US is lower than it has been in a long time? [View all]SunSeeker
(58,297 posts)71. Link? Stats I've seen put accidental gun deaths at 2,500 per year.
Straight from the CDC where most of the media is drawing their numbers (while not as good of a source as the FBI or the Justice Department) we can find out that of those 32,352 gun deaths, 21,175 of them were suicides. That leaves us with 11,177 deaths to account for. But as it turns out, the FBI records that 8,583 deaths were murders of various sorts involving guns of all types. The remaining roughly 2,500 were accounted for by accidents and unintentional injuries. These include hunting accidents, toddlers getting hold of unsecured weapons and shooting somebody or just plain idiots who proved Darwin right.
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Does anyone care that the murder rate in the US is lower than it has been in a long time? [View all]
NobodyHere
Jun 2016
OP
It's more than 50. I imagine every family member of the survivors is grieving today.
Cassiopeia
Jun 2016
#52
Does anyone care that the concentration of victims in shootings is higher than ever?
onehandle
Jun 2016
#3
NRA talking point. Even one unpurchased gun is too high a price to save one life. nt
onehandle
Jun 2016
#18
The problem is banning Alcohol failed in the past and will fail again in the future
Travis_0004
Jun 2016
#34
Recent data shows a clear upward trend in firearm injuries and a clear downward trend
struggle4progress
Jun 2016
#35
do you care that the murder rate and crime involving guns is way too high?
etherealtruth
Jun 2016
#74