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In reply to the discussion: "Guns don't kill people." Possibly the most stupid meme ever to be floated by the NRA. [View all]hack89
(39,171 posts)64. Those numbers are not homicide deaths.
there were 8775 gun murders in 2010 - a drop from 10,225 in 2006.
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2010/crime-in-the-u.s.-2010/tables/10shrtbl08.xls
Suicides are a mental health problem.
on edit: and the suicide rates are going down according to your link.
In the United States, the annual rate of firearm suicide per 100,000 population is
2011: 6.35
2010: 6.286
2009: 6.11
2008: 5.99
2007: 5.76
2006: 5.66
2005: 5.756 23
2004: 5.726
2003: 5.83
2002: 5.95
2001: 5.926 19
2000: 5.896
1999: 5.95
1993: 7.3524
2011: 6.35
2010: 6.286
2009: 6.11
2008: 5.99
2007: 5.76
2006: 5.66
2005: 5.756 23
2004: 5.726
2003: 5.83
2002: 5.95
2001: 5.926 19
2000: 5.896
1999: 5.95
1993: 7.3524
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"Guns don't kill people." Possibly the most stupid meme ever to be floated by the NRA. [View all]
Whovian
Jan 2013
OP
It's not an analogy. It's a rebuttal to your assertion that those items aren't regulated. (nt)
Heidi
Jan 2013
#30
"When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have baseball bats." or "only have baseball bats...."
vanbean
Jan 2013
#3
One difference between a gun and a sword is the ability to run away from a sword.
A Simple Game
Jan 2013
#17
Your first link was to an unusually fair and honest report on Florida gun owners. ...
spin
Jan 2013
#82
Thanks for your words of wisdom, we have to stop the assaults on our citizens
Thinkingabout
Jan 2013
#54
i can state as a fact that they are way too high and have gone up since the AWB was lifted
farminator3000
Jan 2013
#34
if you want to call 280 less murders a "drastic" reduction, go ahead, but that makes no sense
farminator3000
Jan 2013
#39
How much did the population increase in that 20 years? There is a reason we focus on rates.
hack89
Jan 2013
#40
so 160,000 assaults sounds about right to you? you're good with 438.4 assaults A DAY?
farminator3000
Jan 2013
#67
aggravated assault means all of them, not just ones with guns. you keep cherry picking
farminator3000
Jan 2013
#72
then why are you so stubborn that guns make you safer? how would you even know?
farminator3000
Jan 2013
#79
If you figure there was 1 gun used in each death, 32,163 firearms used out of 270,000,000 isnt that
xoom
Jan 2013
#86
why would someone believe you when you don't post a number or link? you are not an expert
farminator3000
Jan 2013
#43
stop nitpicking annual death total=up. rate ~ the same. amount of guns=way too many
farminator3000
Jan 2013
#62
I wouldn't mind that phrase if they also offered a solution to people who kill people with guns
Buzz Clik
Jan 2013
#26
I have exercised my fingers many times and no one died from it. Also never saw report reading
Thinkingabout
Jan 2013
#65
I understand that "guns don't kill people" was originally used as a safety mantra taught by
okaawhatever
Jan 2013
#42