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There is absolutely no other way to solve this problem, only the free market can help. /s
Bad headline. No source for the claim that gun violence is increasing. Not even mentioned in the body of the story.
Homicides in U.S. set to drop by record numbers this year
https://www.axios.com/2023/12/28/us-murder-violent-crime-rates-drop
Now how are we supoosed to keep everyone scared if we don’t have scary headlines? Think about this quarter’s profits, you monster.
How has the rate of U.S. gun deaths changed over time?
While 2021 saw the highest total number of gun deaths in the U.S., this statistic does not take into account the nation’s growing population. On a per capita basis, there were 14.6 gun deaths per 100,000 people in 2021 – the highest rate since the early 1990s, but still well below the peak of 16.3 gun deaths per 100,000 people in 1974.
The gun murder rate in the U.S. remains below its peak level despite rising sharply during the pandemic. There were 6.7 gun murders per 100,000 people in 2021, below the 7.2 recorded in 1974.
The gun suicide rate, on the other hand, is now on par with its historical peak. There were 7.5 gun suicides per 100,000 people in 2021, statistically similar to the 7.7 measured in 1977. (One caveat when considering the 1970s figures: In the CDC’s database, gun murders and gun suicides between 1968 and 1978 are classified as those caused by firearms and explosives. In subsequent years, they are classified as deaths involving firearms only.)
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/26/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/
Deaths have fallen from 2021 to 2022 and 2022 to 2023. They rose in the past, but do not continue to rise.
-From 2021 to 2022 looks like a wash to me: around 700 fewer homicides but 700 more suicides (the number you cropped out of the screenshot). And the numbers for 2023 aren’t final yet.
From 2021 to 2022 looks like a wash to me
A wash is not an increase.
2021: homicide+accident 21068 suicide 26328 total 47396 population estimate from census.gov: https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-national-total.html#v2023 332603952
2022: homicide+accident 20390 suicides 27038 total 47428 population estimate from census.gov 334025515
firearm homicides + firearm suicides / population * 100000 = rate per 100,000 2021: 14.24998101 2022: 14.19891531
Not really the most representative years, covid crisis and all.
Define mass shooting.
Pretty funny that Mother Jones comes in on the left side. LOL, or maybe not?
like it makes a fucking difference?
go on, honestly, fucking explain how 4 dead vs 7 dead makes a difference?
Bullshit, gun violence is still way down from the 90s
I guarantee this was written by the “active shooter defense industry” and scheduled to go out the day after a school shooting.
How long until we Brave New World it and just start pumping the airways with drugs whenever there’s an issue?
Way ahead of you, bro
Wonderful, just what we need. Another industry that will be dependent on guns to be proliferated and will throw resources at as much propaganda and lobbying as possible…
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