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#51
Chicago is around the top when it comes to number of homicides. Not sure about homicide rate but who cares, they have serious issues regardless.
The Party of Family Values is set to vote on gun silencers this week
Posted:
#54
Quote Originally Posted by I_Need_A_Detox:
Since January, over 2,100 people have been shot in Chicago and they have had over 3,000 shooting incidents.
Since January, over 2,100 people have been shot in Chicago and they have had over 3,000 shooting incidents.
What percent of the 3,000 incidents are the result of a legal firearm?
0% would be a better guess than 10%.
i'm not sure what legal firearm means but where the person bought the gun isn't necessarily relevant to whether the person legally had a right to have it.
the only way i can think of to truly know is to see if the person who committed the crime of violence was also charged and convicted of illegally possessing the gun.
Posted:
#58
Quote Originally Posted by lovethedough:
Controversial John Lott of American Enterprise Institute claims more guns less crimes. According to thinkprogress, Lott is a fraud who manipulates statistics. According to mediamatters, Lott is thoroughly discredited as a serious academic researcher by National research council and other peer reviews.These are stats from the American Enterprise Institute. The number of firearms since 1994 has increased 56%.
But what about the gun murder rate? Well, guess what? The percentage of murders, the gun homicide rate is down 49% in the same time frame.
Having more guns has reduced the number of gun homicides.
Actually, States and countries with the most guns have the most gun deaths. Guns allow people to kill more easily. States and countries with tighter gun control have fewer gun deaths.
Most experts and people agree on many ways to reduce gun violence. However politicians are divided.
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