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<blockquote data-quote="wayfair" data-source="post: 1863850" data-attributes="member: 44531"><p>Hysterical media aside, in 2013 there were <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2013/crime-in-the-u.s.-2013/offenses-known-to-law-enforcement/expanded-homicide/expanded_homicide_data_table_8_murder_victims_by_weapon_2009-2013.xls" target="_blank">8,454 homicides</a> committed with a firearm. Of those law enforcement estimates <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/FedCrimes/story?id=6773423" target="_blank">80% of those</a> are gang and/or drug related, and most of which occur in large urban environments like Chicago and Detroit. (See: <a href="http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/Economics#sthash.DSHG6vkq.dpbs" target="_blank">War on Drugs</a>) That means for every day people like you and me -- who aren't defending our drug corners in today's inner cities -- we have a (1,690 non-gang/drug related homicides / 318,900,000 US population = 0.000530% chance) of being killed with a firearm. That's a 1:188,700 chance; so over any given year you statistically have a greater chance of meeting your demise at the foot of a flight of stairs (<a href="http://www.riskcomm.com/visualaids/riskscale/datasources.php" target="_blank">1:180,000</a>) or on the seat of a bicycle (<a href="http://www.besthealthdegrees.com/health-risks/" target="_blank">1:140,000</a>) than you do the business end of a firearm.</p><p></p><p>ehowa</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wayfair, post: 1863850, member: 44531"] Hysterical media aside, in 2013 there were [URL='https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2013/crime-in-the-u.s.-2013/offenses-known-to-law-enforcement/expanded-homicide/expanded_homicide_data_table_8_murder_victims_by_weapon_2009-2013.xls']8,454 homicides[/URL] committed with a firearm. Of those law enforcement estimates [URL='http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/FedCrimes/story?id=6773423']80% of those[/URL] are gang and/or drug related, and most of which occur in large urban environments like Chicago and Detroit. (See: [URL='http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/Economics#sthash.DSHG6vkq.dpbs']War on Drugs[/URL]) That means for every day people like you and me -- who aren't defending our drug corners in today's inner cities -- we have a (1,690 non-gang/drug related homicides / 318,900,000 US population = 0.000530% chance) of being killed with a firearm. That's a 1:188,700 chance; so over any given year you statistically have a greater chance of meeting your demise at the foot of a flight of stairs ([URL='http://www.riskcomm.com/visualaids/riskscale/datasources.php']1:180,000[/URL]) or on the seat of a bicycle ([URL='http://www.besthealthdegrees.com/health-risks/']1:140,000[/URL]) than you do the business end of a firearm. ehowa [/QUOTE]
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