The real truth about gun control! Read to the end, very interesting!
There are 30,000 gun related deaths per year by firearms, and this
number is not disputed. The U.S. population is 324,059,091 as of June
22, 2016. Do the
math: 0.000000925% of the population dies from gun related actions
each year Statistically speaking, this ! What is
never told, however, is a breakdown of those 30,000 deaths, to put
them in perspective as compared to other causes of death:
• 65% of those deaths are by suicide, which would never be prevented
by gun laws.
• 15% are by law enforcement in the line of duty and justified.
• 17% are through criminal activity, gang and drug related or mentally
ill persons – better known as gun violence.
• 3% are accidental discharge deaths
So technically, "gun violence" is not 30,000 annually, but drops to 5,100.
Still too many? Now lets look at how those deaths spanned across the nation:
• 480 homicides (9.4%) were in Chicago
• 344 homicides (6.7%) were in Baltimore
• 333 homicides (6.5%) were in Detroit
• 119 homicides (2.3%) were in Washington D.C. (a 54% increase over
prior
years)
So basically, 25% of all gun crime happens in just 4 cities. All 4 of
those cities have strict gun laws, so it is not the lack of law that
is the root cause.
This basically leaves 3,825 for the entire rest of the nation, or
about 75 deaths per state. That is an average because some States have
much higher rates than others. For example, California had 1,169 and Alabama had 1.
Now, who has the strictest gun laws by far? California, of course, but
understand, it is not guns causing this. It is a crime rate spawned by
the number of criminal persons residing in those cities and states. So
if all cities and states are not created equal, then there must be
something other than the tool causing the gun deaths.
Are 5,100 deaths per year horrific? How about in comparison to other deaths?
All death is sad and especially so when it is in the commission of a
crime but that is the nature of crime. Robbery, death, rape, assault
are all done by criminals. It is ludicrous to think that criminals
will obey laws. That is why they are called criminals.
But what about other deaths each year?
• 40,000+ die from a drug overdose–THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THAT!
• 36,000 people die per year from the flu, far exceeding the criminal
gun deaths.
• 34,000 people die per year in traffic fatalities(exceeding gun
deaths even if you include suicide).
Now it gets good:
• 200,000+ people die each year (and growing) from preventable medical
errors. You are safer walking in the worst areas of Chicago than you
are when you are in a hospital!
• 710,000 people die per year from heart disease. It’s time to stop
the double cheeseburgers! So what is the point? If the liberal loons
and the anti-gun movement focused their attention on heart disease,
even a 10% decrease in cardiac deaths would save twice the number of
lives annually of all gun-related deaths (including suicide, law
enforcement, etc.). A 10% reduction in medical errors would be 66% of
the total number of gun deaths or 4 times the number of criminal
homicides ................ Simple, easily preventable 10% reductions!
So you have to ask yourself, in the grand scheme of things, why the
focus on guns? It's pretty simple:
Taking away guns gives control to governments. The founders of this
nation knew that regardless of the form of government, those in power
may become corrupt and seek to rule as the British did by trying to
disarm the populace of the colonies. It is not difficult to understand
that a disarmed populace is a controlled populace.
Thus, the second amendment was proudly and boldly included in the U.S.
Constitution. It must be preserved at all costs. So the next time
someone tries to tell you that gun control is about saving lives, look
at these facts and remember these words from Noah Webster: "Before a
standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed."