Guns, Deaths And The Power Of Money In The US

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Consider these stats as provided by the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence in the United States . In 2010, guns took the lives of 31,076 Americans in homicides, suicides and unintentional shootings. This is the equivalent of more than 85 deaths each day and more than three deaths each hour . 73,505 Americans were treated in hospital emergency departments for non-fatal gunshot wounds the same year. Firearms were the third-leading cause of injury-related deaths nationwide in 2010, following poisoning and motor vehicle accidents.

Between 1955 and 1975, the Vietnam War killed over 58,000 American soldiers – less than the number of civilians killed with guns in the U.S. in an average two-year period. In the first seven years of the U.S.-Iraq War, over 4,400 American soldiers were killed. Almost as many civilians are killed with guns in the US , however, every seven weeks .

Moreover, guns were used in 11,078 homicides in the U.S. in 2010, comprising almost 35% of all gun deaths, and over 68% of all homicides. On average, 33 gun homicides were committed each day for the years 2005-2010. And it's worth noting that regions and states with higher rates of gun ownership have significantly higher rates of homicide than states with lower rates of gun ownership.

In addition, firearms were used in 19,392 suicides in the U.S. in 2010, constituting almost 62% of all gun deaths. Over 50% of all suicides are committed with a firearm. On average, 49 gun suicides were committed each day for the years 2005-2010. A study of California handgun purchasers found that in the first year after the purchase of a handgun, suicide was the leading cause of death among the purchasers. Firearms were used in nearly 44% of suicide deaths among persons under age 25 in the year under review.

http://www.countercurrents.org/kamal270214.htm

[pipoman]

1. I'll pass, I will consider statistics of unbiased sources

Which don't have a history of lying to suit their agenda, thank you very much.


Consider these stats as provided by the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence in the United States . 

[Eleanors38]

2. Weather's improving. Time to head to the range.

[Skeeter Barnes]

5. I agree. Going to zero a couple of 22 rifles today for an Appleseed next weekend.

[fnctel]

3. Are you aware ...

... that firearms aren't actually anthropomorphic?

They don't talk to people and they don't fire on their own. They are tools.

[ileus]

10. tools think they kill people.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

4. If guns are so hypnotizing

we should take them away from the government.

[DonP]

6. More ignorant gun contoller projection

But cartoons and google dumps seem to have become the only "weapons" of discussion the control side uses these days.

Look kids! Cartoons, bright colors and nothing to even think about.

[Token Republican]

7. Coalition to Prevent Assault Weapon Violence

There's actually a website that addresses the OP's concerns.

The Coalition to Prevent Assault Weapon Violence

That's a website dedicated to helping keep us safe from the scourge of assault weapons. There are many people like the OP who share his beliefs, and this coalition was designed to address these deep rooted fears.

The Coalition maintains a vigilant watch of several assault weapons, hoping to catch each gun in the dastardly act of shooting all by itself.

I suggest that the OP and others like him join the Coalition to Prevent Assault Weapon Violence and keep a watchful eye on these deadly weapons.

[krispos42]

8. That comic could just as easily...

...be a right-wing comic showing the ridiculousness of the common viewpoints the left seems to have about guns.

Let's see... we have the white middle-class male who is insecure in his manhood (tiny penis), we have anthropomorphic guns that hypnotically "talk" to said middle-class white males, we have the gun owner (or perhaps "pet"; remember, the gun controls the person) harboring extensive "Die Hard", "Lethal Weapon", and "Death Wish" fantasies, and we have murderous racism against random minorities as the reason to shoot to kill.

[clffrdjk]

11. +1

Seriously when I saw that cartoon all I could think about was a thread titled this is what gun grabbers really think.

[ileus]

9. Finally a cartoon proves guns do kill people.