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Gun Control & RKBA

discntnt_irny_srcsm

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8. Real data

Reply to Cattledog (Original post)

Sat Feb 1, 2020, 11:49 AM

Feb 2020

All data is raw numbers where the cause is a firearm without age adjustment for 2015 nationwide for a population of 321,039,839.

Non-fatal Injuries: 84,997

Deaths: 36,252
~Unintentional- 489
~Homicide- 12,979
~Legal Intervention- 484
~Suicide- 22,018
~Undetermined- 282

Total deaths and injuries: 121,249

Sources:
https://webappa.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/nfirates.html
https://webappa.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/mortrate.html

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'1 Million Americans Will Be Shot in the Next Decade' [View all] Cattledog Jan 2020 OP

its what gun owners allow. whats a million corpses compared to their 2A "rights" nt msongs Jan 2020 #1

300,000, of which 200,000 would be suicides krispos42 Jan 2020 #6

Can you put that number into some sort of context? hack89 Jan 2020 #2

Ah, Freedom JDC Jan 2020 #3

Given that the majority are/will-be suicides, ManiacJoe Jan 2020 #4

Great point nearly 2/3. Hope we can increase the number of doctors & programs who/that can help. jmg257 Jan 2020 #5

Gun grabbers don't need "context" The Mouth Jan 2020 #7

Real data discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2020 #8

Information I get from the video discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2020 #9