Here's something that some of you may find of interest.

Back in 2013, President Obama ordered the CDC to perform a study on gun violence. He was hoping that he could declare gun violence a "health epidemic" and bypass our 2nd Amendment.

Though the report came back mostly critical of guns and gun ownership, there where two positive points.

1) The CDC determined that law abiding Americans use firearms between 500,000 and 3,000,000 times EACH year to defend life and property from criminal attack. Most of the time, just the presence of the gun was enough to deter the attack, and shots did not have to be fired.

2) The CDC determined that those who used firearms for self defense where far less likely to be injured, or their injuries where far less severe, then those who used other forms of self defense.

Question: If we outlaw the legal ownership of firearms, are we ready to deal with another 500,000 to 3,000,000 murder/rape/mugging/assault/robbery victims per year?

David

Mrs. dpnewell wrote:

Two shootings in two days... I'm excited to see what tommorow will bring!

Will there be another mass shooting? Anyone want to take bets on which state?

It's an exciting time we live in.

victor809 wrote:

I've said it before... we Americans love our guns more than our kids...nothing will change until that equation is reversed...

delta1 wrote:

I know it's sarcasm but still poor form.

For those that care to read it. Here is the 2013 CDC report.
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They only looked at 4 years (pretty narrowly defined time period) and I don't see the statistics that where referenced above.

Buckwheat wrote: