General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Transcript from my show, how to move the needle on Gun Control [View all]farminator3000
(2,117 posts)there are LOTS of official reports. they don't mean anything if you just look at one.
Overview
An estimated 1,417,745 violent crimes occurred nationwide in 2006.
There were an estimated 473.5 violent crimes per 100,000 inhabitants.
When data for 2006 to 2005 were compared, the estimated volume of violent crime increased 1.9 percent. The 5-year trend (2006 compared with 2002) indicated that violent crime decreased 0.4 percent. For the 10-year trend (2006 compared with 1997) violent crime fell 13.3 percent.
Thanks for the link showing Arizona has fewer gun deaths than they had in 1995. Looks like I was right.
Did your show discuss how we have reduced gun deaths
from murder and manslaughter by 50 % since 1992? Perhaps identifying how we did that would help guide the discussion.
last time i checked, 800 is about 20% less than 1,000, so WHERE DOES THIS 50% BS come from again?
who is not reading?
the great thing here is, if someone who is undecided about gun control is reading this, you kind of look like
a mindless zealot, and you are giving your people a bad name!!!
thanks!!