Reply #141: The use of these firearms by criminals / in crimes/injuries/deaths, we have hard data on.

[benEzra]

Me, I'm just concerned about the facts: the use of these firearms by criminals / in crimes/injuries/deaths.

The use of these firearms by criminals / in crimes/injuries/deaths, we have very representative data on. Such use is very rare by any definition (roughly a three-sigma event or rarer).

You have provided no data whatsoever, just anecdotes, most of reflect events that would already be covered by the FBI, BATFE, and DOJ data. Again, if the FBI, DOJ, and BATFE data set is so damn crappy, then post your vastly superior data set showing how violent rifle crime is so much more common than the FBI data show.

It appears to me that you aren't so much concerned about "facts: the use of these firearms by criminals / in crimes/injuries/deaths" as you are concerned with propping up the "AK menace" view of things via cherry-picked anecdotes.