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tl;dr = I think we should all be skeptical of any gun-related data in the US. I don't doubt the narrative in the article, but I'm skeptical about the data used

tl;dr = I think we should all be skeptical of any gun-related data in the US. I don't doubt the narrative in the article, but I'm skeptical about the data used. For years, my impression has been that gun advocates in the US have done everything they can to prevent any sort of data collection and/or analysis wrt to anything related to guns (ownership, usage, and gun-related deaths). I think this is based on the fear that the data will be used to take everyone's guns (either the FBI will start kicking down doors and seizing guns, or law makers will use the data to help pass gun restrictions). Furthermore, I don't know much about the CDC's "WONDER" database, but I can see where a gun-related death could be reported simply as an "accidental death" or something like that in certain counties, and as such, that wouldn't show up as gun-related in the "WONDER" data.

torstenvl 3y ago
It isn't a fear, it's reality. This past winter, the ATF issued a regulation—without any action by Congress—that retroactively turned millions of Americans into felons unless they gave up or destroyed their firearms or applied for a special permit and consented to being tracked by the government. Challenges are working their way through the courts (and so far not friendly to the ATF), but that takes time, and in any case, doesn't change the fact that they are trying to take Americans' guns. You should very much doubt the narrative in the article. Violent crime in the United States is very much trending downward. Even the crazy riots of 2020, while an uptick from 2019, were nothing compared to 1991. https://www.statista.com/statistics/191219/reported-violent-crime-rate-in-the-usa-since-1990/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/191219/reported-violent-...