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In reply to the discussion: Transcript from my show, how to move the needle on Gun Control [View all]farminator3000
(2,117 posts)Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that Arizona, for example, exceeded the national rate for gun-involved slayings every year from 1994 until 2007, the latest year available. It has exceeded the national rates of gun-involved suicides and of overall gun-involved deaths every year since at least 1981, when officials began collecting data.
http://www.azcentral.com/community/pinal/articles/2011/01/27/20110127arizona-gun-death-rate-nations-worst-sev.html?nclick_check=1
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how many times do i have to post the below before you read it?
"The simple truth is that more guns
equal more death.
An analysis this year from the Violence Policy Center found that states with low gun ownership rates and strong gun laws have the lowest rates of gun death. The report continued, by contrast, states with weak gun laws and higher rates of gun ownership had far higher rates of firearm-related death. According to the analysis, Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut had the lowest per capita gun death rates. Each of those states had strong gun laws and low gun ownership rates. On the other hand, ranking first in the nation for gun death was Louisiana, followed by Wyoming, Alabama, Montana, and Mississippi. Those states had weak gun laws and higher rates of gun ownership.
Whats more, deaths may be a misleading statistic that minimizes the true breadth of gun violence. Another report this year by the Violence Policy Center, using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that while gun deaths remained relatively flat from 2000 to 2008, the total number of people shot went up nearly 20 percent since 2001. Why the difference between rates of shootings and deaths? Advances in emergency services including the 911 system and establishment of trauma centers as well as better surgical techniques, the report said. "
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/22/opinion/blow-guns-smoke-and-mirrors.html