Mon Oct 12, 2015, 02:25 PM

Statistics on the cost of gun violence

http://smartgunlaws.org/costs-of-gun-violence-statistics/

"Researchers conservatively estimate that gun violence costs the American economy at least $229 billion every year, including $8.6 billion in direct expenses such as for emergency and medical care. Gun violence costs more than $700 per American every year, more than the total economic cost of obesity and almost as much as the annual price tag for the entire Medicaid program."

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Statistics on the cost of gun violence (Original post)	TexasBushwhacker	Oct 2015	OP
You fiscally conservative liberals just don't get fiscally liberal conservatives.	onehandle	Oct 2015	#1
Notice it is a conservative estimate	TexasBushwhacker	Oct 2015	#3
Here in America, we always, always, always have money for killing people	phantom power	Oct 2015	#2
Those stats are from 2008	TexasBushwhacker	Oct 2015	#4
Needs to be framed as a terrorist plot	libodem	Oct 2015	#5
Just imagine if every man, woman and child	TexasBushwhacker	Oct 2015	#6
Repulsive	libodem	Oct 2015	#7

Response to TexasBushwhacker (Original post)

Mon Oct 12, 2015, 02:28 PM

onehandle (51,122 posts)

1. You fiscally conservative liberals just don't get fiscally liberal conservatives.

Wait...

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Response to onehandle (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 12, 2015, 03:45 PM

TexasBushwhacker (18,231 posts)

3. Notice it is a conservative estimate

Other than the direct medical costs, I wonder what goes into the calculations. Here are things I can think of:

Costs of premature death - survivors benefits to spouses and children. Lost tax revenue from the deceased.

Costs of disability - SSI and SSDI to the permanently disabled as well as to their caregivers in some cases. Cost of medical care via Medicare. Lost tax revenue from those who cannot be gainfully employed in any way, and lost tax revenue from family members who care for them full time.

Costs of law enforcement, prosecution and incarceration - nothing is as quick and effective a killer as a gun. You've got to figure that at least some of the murders would not have happened at all if the shooter hadn't been able to shoot.

Those are just the costs I can think of. Please add to the list.

I can't help but think that an awful lot of the reason that people aren't willing to support gun control is that a disproportionate number of victims are , especially young black men. And I'm an old white female, just so you know.

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Mon Oct 12, 2015, 02:30 PM

phantom power (25,966 posts)