Real rates of gun deaths. NOT something the left wants to discuss…
A Congressional Research Service (CRS) report shows that while gun ownership climbed from 192 million firearms in 1994 to 310 million firearms in 2009, crime fell–and fell sharply.
From Breitbart, HERE.
These are the figures from the Congressional Research Service.
Table 1. Estimated Murder Rates and Firearms, 1993-2011
Year Estimated Murder- Rate per Estimated Firearms- Rate per
Victims 100,000 Related Victims 100,000
1993 24,526 9.5 17,073 6.6
1994 23,326 9.0 16,333 6.3
1995 21,606 8.2 14,727 5.6
1996 19,645 7.4 13,261 5.0
1997 18,208 6.8 12,335 4.6
1998 16,974 6.3 11,006 4.1
1999 15,522 5.7 10,117 3.7
2000 15,586 5.5 10,203 3.6
2001 16,037 5.6 10,139 3.6
2002 16,229 5.6 10,841 3.8
2003 16,528 5.7 11,037 3.8
2004 16,148 5.5 10,665 3.6
2005 16,740 5.6 11,363 3.8
2006 17,309 5.8 11,731 3.9
2007 17,128 5.7 11,631 3.9
2008 16,645 5.4 11,029 3.6
2009 15,399 5.0 10,301 3.4
2010 14,722 4.8 9,812 3.2
2011 14,612 4.7 9,903 3.2
Source: CRS compilation of FBI crime statistics reported annually in the Uniform Crime Reports, 1993-2011.
a. Includes murder and non-negligent manslaughter victims.
b. The number of firearms-related murder and non-negligent manslaughter victims was estimated by applying the percentage of firearms-related murders for which the cause of death was known to the number of all reported murder and non-negligent homicide victims for which the cause was known or unknown.
Soooo… while gun ownership is up by over 50%, yet murder rates by guns have fallen by 50%…
And while we still don’t have ‘good’ numbers for the number of times guns saved lives/homeowners/business owners, some reports have that number in excess of 1,000,000 times a year.
This is NOT fitting the agenda the left and gun grabbers are positing, much less actually saying anything about at all, unless it’s to say that the figures are wrong. They are also betting on the come of Shillary being elected to appoint SCOTUS judges who will cheerfully overturn the 2nd Amendment and turn good law abiding gun owners into criminals.
HERE is another article on Wyoming, and it’s population of gun owners. Ironically, their murder rate is below the national average, while having the highest percentage of gun owners… Another agenda fail for the left…
And the N.Y. Times doubles down once again in propaganda war. Lone gunman or a small group of killers with rifles commits spectacular crimes that gets broadcast world-wide. ‘Most’ of the time it’s an AK47 overseas, but lately some of the attacks in the US have included AR type rifles.
The implication that the AR-15 and its clones have become the equivalent choice of mass shooters on US soil. To my recollection, the firearms used by mass shooters in the US have mostly been handguns, until the last couple of years…
NY Times article HERE.
So for every positive, the MSM is determined to dig up/manufacture scare tactics that paint us as the bad guys, while letting the real bad guys get off or lionized (see Ferguson)…
Personally, I think I need one of these, and a walk-in safe behind it!
Sigh…
The truth has never been part of the left’s agenda.
I am thinking that an underground gun room with an elevator big enough for a fork lift would be totally awesome.
And since it is underground, a rifle and pistol range as well.
I have a mental image of my wife’s face as she turns away from the front window and asks, “John, why is there a lot of giant earthmoving machines in front of our house?”
Leftists aren’t lying, they are using “advanced tactics”. That makes everything ok.
That Hideaway behind the bookcase could easily be a gun rack.
When I was younger a friend of mine had paneled his living room hiding the door to the lower level.
You pressed on a portion of the panel and a section of panel swung open revealing the stairway. The giveaway was the shiny spot on the paneling where you pressed for the micro switch to open the door.
Hmm … and here I only thought I was done with home improvement projects. To the Batcave!
When you think it’s time to hide your guns it is really time to use your guns.
Of course the mainstream media and progressive elites don’t spread these statistics. They completely discredit their narrative. After all, the progressive narrative is all that counts. There is no reality outside of it.
You just have to remember, that for the left, gun control is not about guns. It’s about control.
If you keep that in mind, it all makes sense.
John- I know a few folks with a .22 range in their basements… Just sayin’
WSF- Where’s my BS flag when I need it…LOL
Ed- I’ve seen them in the old homes down in South Louisiana. Hid stuff from the Yankees…
Rev- Yep! 😀
Stretch- Point!
Euripides- Another good point!
+! Retired Spook
Hey Old NFO;
I saw some where that if democrats would quit shooting democrats our “gun violence” would be one of the lowest.
Well heck, there ya go spout’n facts. I have yet to meet the lib that wants to hear them…much less understand them.