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There are 30,000 gun related deaths per year by firearms, and this number is not disputed. U.S. population 324,059,091. 0.000000925% of the population dies from gun related actions each year. Statistically speaking, this is insignificant. What is never told, however, is a breakdown of those 30,000 deaths, to put them in perspective as compared to other causes of death:
• 65% of those deaths are by suicide which would never be prevented by gun laws
• 15% are by law enforcement in the line of duty and justified
• 17% are through criminal activity, gang and drug related or mentally ill persons �" gun violence
• 3% are accidental discharge deaths
So technically, "gun violence" is not 30,000 annually, but drops to 5,100. Still too many? Well, first, how are those deaths spanned across the nation?
• 480 homicides (9.4%) were in Chicago
• 344 homicides (6.7%) were in Baltimore
• 333 homicides (6.5%) were in Detroit
• 119 homicides (2.3%) were in Washington D.C. (a 54% increase over prior years)
So basically, 25% of all gun crime happens in just 4 cities. All 4 of those cities have strict gun laws, so it is not the lack of law that is the root cause.
This basically leaves 3,825 for the entire rest of the nation, or about 75 deaths per state. Are 5,100 deaths per year horrific? How about in comparison to other deaths? All death is sad and especially so when it is in the commission of a crime but that is the nature of crime. Robbery, death, rape, assault all is done by criminals and thinking that criminals will obey laws is ludicrous. That's why they are criminals.
But what about other deaths each year?
• 40,000+ die from a drug overdose�"THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THAT!
• 36,000 people die per year from the flu, far exceeding the criminal gun deaths
• 34,000 people die per year in traffic fatalities (exceeding gun deaths even if you include suicide)
Now it gets good:
• 200,000+ people die each year (and growing) from preventable medical errors. You are safer in Chicago than when you are in a hospital!
• 710,000 people die per year from heart disease. It’s time to stop the double cheeseburgers! So what is the point? If the anti-gun movement focused their attention on heart disease, even a 10% decrease in cardiac deaths would save twice the number of lives annually of all gun-related deaths (including suicide, law enforcement, etc.). A 10% reduction in medical errors would be 66% of the total gun deaths or 4 times the number of criminal homicides......Simple, easily preventable 10% reductions!
So you have to ask yourself, in the grand scheme of things, why the focus on guns? It's pretty simple.:
Taking away guns gives control to governments."

YOUR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE ON THE JUDICAL SYATEM IS SHOWING CUPCAKE.

ISN'T THAT FUNNY, THERE IS NO REFERENCE TO OPINION WHEN THE WORD DECISION IS RESEARCHED.

OPINION IS ANOTHER WORD FOR DECISION.C LEARN HOW THE COURT SYSTEM WORKS.

ISN'T THAT FUNNY, I DO NOT SEE THE WORD DECISION IN YOUR O P.

IT WAS WRITTEN IN THE DECISION. AGAIN YOUR FAILURE TO COMPREHEND SIMPLE ENGLISH IS SHOWING.

IT WAS HIS OPINON REGARDING THE SCOTUS STRIKING DOWN THE D.C. GUN LAWS, NOT HIS DECISION.

The current 300 or more State and federal gun laws would suggest there are limitations to the 2nd.

GOOGLE HIS DECISION THEN. YOU ARE CAPABLE OF DOING THAT SIMPLE CHORE,

HOW CAN WE DISPUTE WHAT THE LATE GREAT JUSTICE SAID ?

DO YOU DISPUTE THE FACTS PRESENTED?

WHEN YOU CHERRY PICK YOUR REFERENCE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO COMMENT ON THE MERITS OF YOUR SUBJECT.

CAN'T COME UP WITH ANY REBUTTAL TO THE TOPIC.

WHY WOULD WE WANT TO RESEARCH YOU, YOU'RE ALREADY ON DISPLAY HERE ?

RESEARCH IMBECILE.

WE NEED TO KNOW FROM WHAT CONTEXT YOU ARE PICKING YOUR NEW ARGUMENT FROM.

Who wrote that for you ?