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Re: Firemen shot dead in another gun crime
12/27/12 08:01 PM
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According to the CDC, there were 16,799 homicides in the US in 2009 and firearms were used in 11,493 of them. There were also 18,735 suicides by firearm, so we're more likely to kill ourselves with our guns than we are to be intentionally killed by someone else by any method. In fact, there were 31,758 accidental poisoning deaths, so we're nearly 3 times more likely to accidentally poison ourselves than we are to be intentionally killed by someone else's gun. Of course, those numbers pale in comparison to the overall number of deaths, many of which can be linked to lifestyle, like being overweight/obese/morbidly obese/John Candy and sedentary. Basically, if there were no madmen with guns, we'd find some other preventable way to die. We're a very resourceful people.
Also, according to FBI statistics, there are just over 200 cases of justifiable homicide by civilians with firearms and just under 400 cases of justifiable homicide by law enforcement with firearms each year. So, our good guys with guns are able to kill about 600 bad guys each year. This is nowhere near as many as the bad guys are able to kill, but we certainly do try.
Oh for Pete's sake.
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