Gun Control & RKBA

friendly_iconoclast

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3. Gun assaults are *not* up- check out the stats on aggravated assaults in the US.

Sat Dec 15, 2012, 09:53 PM

Dec 2012

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/ucr

If there are more gun assaults with the victims surviving, wouldn't there then be an increase in
aggravated assaults (which is what feloniously but non-fatally shooting someone would be)?

Finally, the gun crisis is not an overall violent crime crisis. Rates of violent crime have been dropping, and are not higher than the rest of the world. The problem is, there are a lot more guns and gun crimes in the US, and gun crimes are much more deadly than non-gun crimes.

Yes, there are a lot of guns and gun crime in the US-but that's because there are 300+ million people
here, third largest population on the planet. The rate of gun crime is also decreasing-
see link above.

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Do we have a gun crisis? [View all] Harmony Blue Dec 2012 OP

we have a social crisis gejohnston Dec 2012 #1

Best reply so far. Thanks. (n/t) spin Dec 2012 #9

Yes, we have a gun crisis. DanTex Dec 2012 #2

Gun assaults are *not* up- check out the stats on aggravated assaults in the US. friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #3

LOL. You do realize not all aggravated assaults involve guns, right? DanTex Dec 2012 #4

when did they go up? gejohnston Dec 2012 #6

Over the last decade... DanTex Dec 2012 #7

Source? krispos42 Dec 2012 #8

That's because it isn't. Clames Dec 2012 #10

Data from the CDC. DanTex Dec 2012 #11

Okay, thanks n/t krispos42 Dec 2012 #13

Good post Tumbulu Dec 2012 #5

No. We are in an era of the CelebroPunk which Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #12