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maxsolomon

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1. Its the sheer number of guns.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Tue Jul 12, 2016, 10:25 AM

Jul 2016

American gun owners do a surprisingly good job of not using their guns, but if even a really tiny percentage of the guns are used, it turns into these numbers.

.0001% of 300 million guns = 30K gun deaths. One ten-thousandth of a percent.

and to the RKBA DU poster who recently argued with me that less access to guns wouldn't reduce America's suicide rate, that self-destructive impulses + the ease of firearms has nothing to do with it: the UK's rate is 31% lower.

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There Have Been 8,124 Murders by Firearm in the U.S. vs. 29 (144 equiv.) in the U.K. [View all] marmar Jul 2016 OP

Its the sheer number of guns. maxsolomon Jul 2016 #1

Kick maxsolomon Jul 2016 #2

Too many Democrats who claim to be free thinkers support the 2nd Exilednight Jul 2016 #5

During that same period, there were 60 thousand defensive gun uses... beevul Jul 2016 #3

Even the link provided on the other post says no such thing... Humanist_Activist Jul 2016 #4

Page 9 cites the NVCS numbers of 338K over 5 years maxsolomon Jul 2016 #8

Why must sarisataka Jul 2016 #10

Because a large portion of them ARE illegal. maxsolomon Jul 2016 #11

What data do you have sarisataka Jul 2016 #13

I'd accept a new CDC study that didnt involve Gary Kleck or utilize his 2.5 million DGU/yr number maxsolomon Jul 2016 #14

That includes property crime, the thing is that even... Humanist_Activist Jul 2016 #12

Do you count Alton Sterling's gun use prior to his killing as defensive? maxsolomon Jul 2016 #7

Lol, and like 20 times more defended with no weapon! Nt Logical Jul 2016 #9

But can you accurately describe the features of each gun and the ammo used? struggle4progress Jul 2016 #6

If he had that information, oneshooter Jul 2016 #15