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An estimated 1/5th of all firearms in circulation around the world owe their design to Kalashnikov. You could tally all firearm deaths since 1947, divide by 5
by fsckin 13y ago
An estimated 1/5th of all firearms in circulation around the world owe their design to Kalashnikov.
You could tally all firearm deaths since 1947, divide by 5 and get a reasonably good estimate.
To get even closer, exclude 95% of suicides and exclude 95% of homicides in the USA (along with plenty of other countries) since killers in countries not at war or in conflict tend to use handguns 20 times more often.
- vacri 13y agoThe point on handguns is the most underrated part of the US debate on gun control. Assault weapons are a mere blip on the annual murder chart. Two-thirds plus of murders in the US are done with handguns. The remaining third are longarms and other methods. Assault rifles are visible because they're occasionally used in spree killings, but the problem is handguns.