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There are stats from the CDC and FBI. Spoiler alert: they don't corroborate the popular narrative.

sharemywin 4y ago
genuinely curious to you have links or something to I can search for? here's what I came up with. this shows the #3 cause of death in childern 1-9 is Assault (homicide) in the US. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/child-health.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/child-health.htm in europe: https://www.thelancet.com/action/showFullTableHTML?isHtml=true&tableId=tbl1&pii=S2352-4642%2818%2930095-6 https://www.thelancet.com/action/showFullTableHTML?isHtml=tr...
- seanw444 4y ago
  https://hub.jhu.edu/2022/05/02/highest-number-of-gun-related-deaths-in-2020-report/ https://hub.jhu.edu/2022/05/02/highest-number-of-gun-related... This is from the anti-gun John Hopkins University itself, and they report that the highest amounts of gun-related crimes happen to black people, especially black males. Even if this is including police encounters, the number is still overwhelmingly black-on-black violence. Of course, though, they decided to go with percentages instead of totals, when comparing states, because it benefits their narrative. Of course way less populated states will have a comparatively higher ratio of gun-related crime, especially when they allow permitless carry and have stand-your-ground laws. Defensive gun use will sway the percentage to a higher degree than gang shootings in NYC will, if we're going per-capita. I personally have lived in a permitless-carry state, in probably the third biggest city for 3 years, and I haven't heard a single gunshot. Even including police. Yes, that's anecdotal, so feel free to discount it. But I have firsthand experience in the place the media tries so hard to paint as a battleground. I feel very safe, even knowing I'm walking past at least one person concealed-carrying every time I go in a store. The CDC took down a study showing an incredible number of estimated defensive gun use situations nationwide a little while back because some anti-gun foundation complained that it was too beneficial to the pro-2A movement. You may be able to find it online still. Something I find interesting: using the FBI's "Crime Data Explorer" online tool, if I use California and Wyoming (as the example JHU picked as a permitless-carry warzone), it's pretty much the same top offenses and weapons used (top being bladed weapons). And murder is reported as 0 in Wyoming, as well as negligent manslaughter. Clearly not the crazy warzone they want you to think it is. All the same crimes are committed in both Cali and Wyoming primarily with blades, while Wyoming is very gun-friendly. And the top crimes committed via the top weapons are all crimes that aren't solved by banning guns anyways. And honestly, I'd rather be in a gunfight than a knife fight. Those get messy and bloody quick. Nobody really walks away from a knife fight. It's commonly said that "one dies on the scene, and the other dies in the hospital if they make it there."

genuinely curious to you have links or something to I can search for? here's what I came up with. this shows the #3 cause of death in childern 1-9 is Assault (homicide) in the US. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/child-health.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/child-health.htm in europe: https://www.thelancet.com/action/showFullTableHTML?isHtml=true&tableId=tbl1&pii=S2352-4642%2818%2930095-6 https://www.thelancet.com/action/showFullTableHTML?isHtml=tr...

seanw444 4y ago
https://hub.jhu.edu/2022/05/02/highest-number-of-gun-related-deaths-in-2020-report/ https://hub.jhu.edu/2022/05/02/highest-number-of-gun-related... This is from the anti-gun John Hopkins University itself, and they report that the highest amounts of gun-related crimes happen to black people, especially black males. Even if this is including police encounters, the number is still overwhelmingly black-on-black violence. Of course, though, they decided to go with percentages instead of totals, when comparing states, because it benefits their narrative. Of course way less populated states will have a comparatively higher ratio of gun-related crime, especially when they allow permitless carry and have stand-your-ground laws. Defensive gun use will sway the percentage to a higher degree than gang shootings in NYC will, if we're going per-capita. I personally have lived in a permitless-carry state, in probably the third biggest city for 3 years, and I haven't heard a single gunshot. Even including police. Yes, that's anecdotal, so feel free to discount it. But I have firsthand experience in the place the media tries so hard to paint as a battleground. I feel very safe, even knowing I'm walking past at least one person concealed-carrying every time I go in a store. The CDC took down a study showing an incredible number of estimated defensive gun use situations nationwide a little while back because some anti-gun foundation complained that it was too beneficial to the pro-2A movement. You may be able to find it online still. Something I find interesting: using the FBI's "Crime Data Explorer" online tool, if I use California and Wyoming (as the example JHU picked as a permitless-carry warzone), it's pretty much the same top offenses and weapons used (top being bladed weapons). And murder is reported as 0 in Wyoming, as well as negligent manslaughter. Clearly not the crazy warzone they want you to think it is. All the same crimes are committed in both Cali and Wyoming primarily with blades, while Wyoming is very gun-friendly. And the top crimes committed via the top weapons are all crimes that aren't solved by banning guns anyways. And honestly, I'd rather be in a gunfight than a knife fight. Those get messy and bloody quick. Nobody really walks away from a knife fight. It's commonly said that "one dies on the scene, and the other dies in the hospital if they make it there."