scorpius
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Gun Ownership WAY Too High
This graph is really all you need to know when it comes to the gun problem in the U.S. The problem is way too many guns. It's that simple. Put more guns in a cage full of monkeys, you get more deaths. The stronger the weapon, the more deaths. Couldn't be more simple. Doesn't matter the year or number of years, you get basically the same chart every time for developed countries.
And if you somehow don't believe that data, well this one breaks it down by state. There is definitely a direct correlation between number of guns to number of gun deaths. The more guns in your area, the higher the chance you'll die by gun. It couldn't be simpler than that.
Republican anarchy solution? Double down on the number of guns in society.
(This post was last modified: 05-26-2022 01:17 PM by scorpius.)
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200yrs2late
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RE: Gun Ownership
Find a chart that excludes suicides.
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RE: Gun Ownership WAY Too High
People be bored in Wyoming.
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shere khan
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RE: Gun Ownership WAY Too High
you are really really stupid. i pity you.
your prog filth brethren. well done virginia filth
these all have something in common. you figure it out
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Gun Ownership WAY Too High
Funny...all my guns have never harmed anyone.
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RE: Gun Ownership WAY Too High
“Cage of monkeys”? Racist.
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shere khan
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RE: Gun Ownership WAY Too High
(05-26-2022 01:29 PM)maximus Wrote: Funny...all my guns have never harmed anyone.
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i pinched my thumb in a single shot when i was a boy.
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Mr_XcentricK
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RE: Gun Ownership WAY Too High
(05-26-2022 01:28 PM)shere khan Wrote: you are really really stupid. i pity you.
your prog filth brethren. well done virginia filth
these all have something in common. you figure it out
Not everyone can live where there are more tumble weeds then people
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shere khan
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RE: Gun Ownership WAY Too High
(05-26-2022 01:34 PM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote: (05-26-2022 01:28 PM)shere khan Wrote: you are really really stupid. i pity you.
your prog filth brethren. well done virginia filth
these all have something in common. you figure it out
Not everyone can live where there are more tumble weeds then people
democrats should voluntarily surrender their firearms. prove they believe in the cause. especially prog filth in cities.
go for it.
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200yrs2late
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RE: Gun Ownership WAY Too High
(05-26-2022 01:26 PM)fsquid Wrote: People be bored in Wyoming.
Perspective matters.
WY population 550k, 18 deaths per 100k = 90
NJ population 8mm, 4 deaths per 100k = 320
Without looking it up I would bet that the suicide and accidental shootings (hunting in WY) are higher than in NJ.
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RE: Gun Ownership WAY Too High
Confiscate all legally owned firearms in CA,NY,CT,MA,IL, or any other dem run state and I bet there wouldn't be a statistically significant decrease in number or crimes committed with a gun or the murder rate.
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RE: Gun Ownership WAY Too High
I guess I need to go ahead and buy a few more. Thanks for the reminder!
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RE: Gun Ownership WAY Too High
(05-26-2022 01:36 PM)shere khan Wrote: (05-26-2022 01:34 PM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote: (05-26-2022 01:28 PM)shere khan Wrote: you are really really stupid. i pity you.
your prog filth brethren. well done virginia filth
these all have something in common. you figure it out
Not everyone can live where there are more tumble weeds then people
democrats should voluntarily surrender their firearms. prove they believe in the cause. especially prog filth in cities.
go for it.
Ooof
Good point
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Mr_XcentricK
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RE: Gun Ownership WAY Too High
(05-26-2022 01:36 PM)shere khan Wrote: (05-26-2022 01:34 PM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote: (05-26-2022 01:28 PM)shere khan Wrote: you are really really stupid. i pity you.
your prog filth brethren. well done virginia filth
these all have something in common. you figure it out
Not everyone can live where there are more tumble weeds then people
democrats should voluntarily surrender their firearms. prove they believe in the cause. especially prog filth in cities.
go for it.
For someone taking about “the cause”, you come across very authoritarian.
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RE: Gun Ownership WAY Too High
There are 30,000 gun deaths per year in the USA. The portion of those attributable to "assault weapons" or mass shootings is almost infinitesimal, so let's look at total gun deaths. That is unquestionably too many. But let's put the statistics in perspective.
That is one gun death per year per 10,000 people. Simplistically, that means I can expect to be killed by a gun every 10,000 years. The way statistics work, the actual number is more like one in every 7,000 years. So let's use that instead.
Suppose we removed all citizen guns tomorrow. Not really possible, but assume hypothetically that we could. How long would it be before the USA descended into tyranny? 7,000 years? Almost certainly long before. 700? Maybe. 70? Maybe.
So my chances of living in tyranny without guns are higher than my chances of being killed by a gun.
Given those odds, I'd rather take my chances with guns. Even "too many."
And, of course, that is on top of the reality that none of the "gun control" measures proposed by the left has ever brought about a significant reduction in gun violence.
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Mr_XcentricK
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RE: Gun Ownership WAY Too High
(05-26-2022 01:40 PM)200yrs2late Wrote: Confiscate all legally owned firearms in CA,NY,CT,MA,IL, or any other dem run state and I bet there wouldn't be a statistically significant decrease in number or crimes committed with a gun or the murder rate.
What a Constitutional idea!!!
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RE: Gun Ownership WAY Too High
(05-26-2022 01:38 PM)200yrs2late Wrote: (05-26-2022 01:26 PM)fsquid Wrote: People be bored in Wyoming.
Perspective matters.
WY population 550k, 18 deaths per 100k = 90
NJ population 8mm, 4 deaths per 100k = 320
Without looking it up I would bet that the suicide and accidental shootings (hunting in WY) are higher than in NJ.
You are forgetting police involved shootings also.
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RE: Gun Ownership WAY Too High
(05-26-2022 02:01 PM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote: (05-26-2022 01:40 PM)200yrs2late Wrote: Confiscate all legally owned firearms in CA,NY,CT,MA,IL, or any other dem run state and I bet there wouldn't be a statistically significant decrease in number or crimes committed with a gun or the murder rate.
What a Constitutional idea!!!
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Mr_XcentricK
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RE: Gun Ownership WAY Too High
(05-26-2022 02:00 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote: There are 30,000 gun deaths per year in the USA. That is unquestionably too many. But let's put the statistics in perspective.
That is one gun death per year per 10,000 people. Simplistically, that means I can expect to be killed by a gun every 10,000 years. The way statistics work, the actual number is more like one in every 7,000 years. So let's use that instead.
Suppose we removed all citizen guns tomorrow. Not really possible, but assume hypothetically that we could. How long would it be before the USA descended into tyranny? 7,000 years? Almost certainly not. 700? Maybe. 70? Maybe.
Given those odds, I'd rather take my chances with guns. Even "too many."
Agreed, taking away guns would not do anything. We don’t have a gun problem, we have a gun culture problem.
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