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beevul

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3. During that same period, there were 60 thousand defensive gun uses...

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 01:46 PM

Jul 2016

In 2013-2014 (the twelve months beginning in March), there were 29 fatalities from gun-related crimes in England and Wales (equivalent to 144 because UK is smaller than US).

Number of Murders by Firearms, US, 2014: 8124

During that same period, there were roughly 60 thousand defensive gun uses, or more:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172191826

How many in England and Wales?

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There Have Been 8,124 Murders by Firearm in the U.S. vs. 29 (144 equiv.) in the U.K. [View all] marmar Jul 2016 OP

Its the sheer number of guns. maxsolomon Jul 2016 #1

Kick maxsolomon Jul 2016 #2

Too many Democrats who claim to be free thinkers support the 2nd Exilednight Jul 2016 #5

During that same period, there were 60 thousand defensive gun uses... beevul Jul 2016 #3

Even the link provided on the other post says no such thing... Humanist_Activist Jul 2016 #4

Page 9 cites the NVCS numbers of 338K over 5 years maxsolomon Jul 2016 #8

Why must sarisataka Jul 2016 #10

Because a large portion of them ARE illegal. maxsolomon Jul 2016 #11

What data do you have sarisataka Jul 2016 #13

I'd accept a new CDC study that didnt involve Gary Kleck or utilize his 2.5 million DGU/yr number maxsolomon Jul 2016 #14

That includes property crime, the thing is that even... Humanist_Activist Jul 2016 #12

Do you count Alton Sterling's gun use prior to his killing as defensive? maxsolomon Jul 2016 #7

Lol, and like 20 times more defended with no weapon! Nt Logical Jul 2016 #9

But can you accurately describe the features of each gun and the ammo used? struggle4progress Jul 2016 #6

If he had that information, oneshooter Jul 2016 #15