2aguy
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- Jul 19, 2014
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600 innocent people killed in accidents and only 230 criminals killed in defense each year. Add guns to gun free zones and there will be 3 accidental deaths for every criminal.
Brain....as usual you are not looking at the right number...the right number is over 320 million guns in private hands and only 6-700 accidental gun deaths a year....take away the ones that involve alcohol, or drugs....and it is lower...
So what if only 230 criminals are killed....over 1.6 million violent crimes are stopped and lives are saved with guns in the hands of law abiding citizens.......those are the numbers you need to compare....
No I am comparing deaths of innocent people in accidental shootings to the number of criminals shot and killed in defense. They are the right numbers.
As has been discussed the 1.6 million is not correct. Your debunked surveys are over 20 years old. Crime is down 30% since then. And they are not all violent crimes, your wording is very deceptive.
No, they aren't the right numbers not even close.....there are over 320 million guns in private hands....those are the people...regular people who have guns for protection, and guns they shoot for fun....those are the people you have to compare the 6-700 gun deaths to....
An attack by a criminal to the point you have to shoot, and even more rare who you shoot and kill....not the right number...compare that number to say....people who use other means to kill criminals.....
And the other number....230 criminals killed when guns are used 1.6 million times a year to stop violent crime and save lives.....that is an interesting number because it puts the lie to the claims of the anti gunners.......with so many times a year law abiding, innocent people encounter a criminal and use their gun to stop the attack, they only kill (according to you) 230 violent criminals......that means that law abiding gun owners are not blood thirsty, careless individuals....they rarely have to cross that line....most of the time 54% of the time they don't even shoot their weapon to stop the attack....