On 6/1/2019 10:43 AM, bigdog wrote:
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> The other uncomfortable statistic is that, while our relative
> population has declined by about 0.2% since 1993, the US
> contribution to the world's civilian gun deaths has increased
> by almost 1.1% over the same time period.
In 1993 the USA had over 17,000 gun homicides. Despite total
population growth from 260 million to 323 million, in 2016
the USA had 11,000 gun homicides. In other words, USA's gun
murder rate in 2016 was only 52% of the 1993 rate.
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> All this as they keep telling us that our rate of violence is
> declining...
Because it is, see above.
> that's why public school teachers in the US have to be
> armed to hold class...
That's a flat out lie.
> that's why I have to strap on a Glock and put two expanded
> capacity magazines in my pocket just to empty the trash.
Then you live in one of the most crime ridden areas in the
country and should give serious thought to moving to a more
peaceful locale.
"The United States can really be divided up into three types
of places. Places where there are no murders, places where
there are a few murders, and places where murders are very common.
In 2014, the most recent year that a county level breakdown
is available, 54% of counties (with 11% of the population)
have no murders. 69% of counties have no more than one murder,
and about 20% of the population. These counties account for
only 4% of all murders in the country.
The worst 1% of counties have 19% of the population and 37% of
the murders. The worst 5% of counties contain 47% of the
population and account for 68% of murders. As shown in figure
2, over half of murders occurred in only 2% of counties."
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-01/51-murders-us-come-just-2-counties
> that's why our churches hold lock-down drills.
How many churches in the USA? How many of them "hold
lock-down drills"? More than one out of a thousand?