Comments on: Gun Control Statistics That Reasonable People Should Know

By: Kevin Banet

Kevin Banet — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 03:33:19 +0000

What I meant was, click on my name and you’ll be taken to Bradlee Dean’s Facebook page.

By: Kevin Banet

Kevin Banet — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 03:31:55 +0000

Many good points about false ideas of gun control in this article. If you want to learn more about why gun control doesn’t stop murders, and about our Second Amendment rights, go to the above website. It’s author, Bradlee Dean, also talks about the conflicting reports around mass murders such as Sandy Hook.

By: Bernard Marx

Bernard Marx — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:38:39 +0000

There are dozens of sports you can participate in with a firearm and only one with a baseball bat. What are you talking about? Are you mentally insane?

By: Bernard Marx

Bernard Marx — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:36:50 +0000

I hear Hitler had a great mental health program and very strict gun control.

By: j

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 08:01:40 +0000

Free mental health care for all? What fantasy version of Canada do you live in?

I’ve been asking every few months for mental health care FOR OVER FOUR YEARS. I’ve gotten absolutely no help.
In fact, I’ve been told that the illnesses I have been diagnosed with (by doctors) are not even real things (told to me by a SECRETARY, who then refused to put me on callback lists or waitlists because of his opinion). When I complained through official channels, I was ignored. When I asked to speak to other people, I was told that was impossible as that was the only person who spoke to people who were not already patients there at the only place we can get free care in our town.

By: Progressive Paul

Progressive Paul — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:15:31 +0000

Your graph is in error. The CDC stats list “all homicides” and “firearm homicides”. “Non-firearm homicides” would be all homicides minus firearm homicides, or 5,306.

There are roughly 3 firearm homicides for every non-firearm homicide.

By: bart

bart — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:06:28 +0000

Not just fun to play around with, they can be manipulated in all sorts of interesting ways, depending on what kind of results you’re trying to achieve.

We could also say that everybody who wears a rabbit costume is safe from being shot by a sniper, because that has probably never occured and could be statistically proven…

By: JaneTxTn

JaneTxTn — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 15:41:11 +0000

I’d like more specifics on the source and scope of these statistics. The FBI reported 2011 homidide stats show 67 percent of homicides were from guns. http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-7

Of course we all knows stats are fun to play with.

By: bart

bart — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 13:56:39 +0000

Most people die because they live too long, should we ban living as well?

By: Jeffersonian

Jeffersonian — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 06:09:09 +0000

A LITTLE GUN HISTORY
In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. >From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
Germany established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, a total of 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated.
China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated
Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one million educated people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control: 56 million.
You won’t see this data on the US evening news, or hear politicians disseminating this information.
Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws adversely affect only the law-abiding citizens.
Take note my fellow Americans, before it’s too late!
The next time someone talks in favor of gun control, please remind them of this history lesson.
With guns, we are ‘citizens’. Without them, we are ‘subjects’.
During WWII the Japanese decided not to invade America because they knew most Americans were ARMED!
If you value your freedom, please spread this antigun-control message to all of your friends.
SWITZERLAND ISSUES EVERY HOUSEHOLD A GUN!
SWITZERLAND’S GOVERNMENT TRAINS EVERY ADULT THEY ISSUE A RIFLE.
SWITZERLAND HAS THE LOWEST GUN RELATED CRIME RATE OF ANY CIVILIZED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!!!
IT’S A NO BRAINER!
DON’T LET OUR GOVERNMENT WASTE MILLIONS OF OUR TAX DOLLARS IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE ALL LAW ABIDING CITIZENS AN EASY TARGET.
Spread the word everywhere you can that you are a firm believer in the 2nd Amendment!

It’s time to speak loud before they try to silence and disarm us.
You’re not imagining it, history shows that governments always manipulate tragedies to attempt to disarm the people.

By: mark

mark — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 04:41:39 +0000

I think you presuppose that most people are stupid.

By: Jan Brown

Jan Brown — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 16:23:17 +0000

Jan & JanBROWN are not the same person. BOTH are beautiful & brilliant, but may have different opinions. Sooo..please don’t send her my hatemail & I don’t want hers…however I will take her love notes & praise as my supply is sparse.

By: Jan

Jan — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 04:36:23 +0000

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Why in the world didn’t you put deaths of human beings by abortion on your graph?

1,243,564 in 2012 in the U.S. alone at this point in time: http://www.numberofabortions.com/

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 22:43:11 +0000

And England is well on its way to becoming the surveillance state Orwell predicted…wonderful!

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 22:40:23 +0000

You would have to be pretty dense to walk away from this article thinking that it implies anyone should ban cars or anything else.

The point, which most high schoolers would be able to figure out without my explaining, is that since no one calls for the ban of substances that cause higher death rates than guns, we need to examine whether to ban guns based on statistics that provide more information than just the number of people killed by guns.

I would suggest you take some classes on basic logic before you advise anyone else to wake up.