When you read most data on Gun violence it will include Suicides with Gun's, why? Suicides make up about 25-35% of gun violence death. I know it play's into the Gov. plan. JMO

because they need the 30K suicides to pad the stats or it doesn't look like a problem.

10K homicides and 30K suicides to make it look like a 40K issue so yes 3/4 of the "gun Deaths" are suicides

it makes it look like a huge suicide issue , but the suicide rate isn't much different in many other developed counties.


better questions , why wen we know dozens of stats that are mandatory reporting by law enforcement. yet when it comes to things like mass shootings , media reports are the standard.
why because it is a crime to miss report , but bad journalism has become the norm.

I think you answered your own question.
Guns are bad! The Idiot says he is going to ban assault weapons. Then all will be well.

Why hasn’t bad journalism corrected itself like bad food service or any other bad service?

Because they keep getting paid.

I grew up in a world where every family I knew had a gun. Most families had several. Not kept as weapons but tools for hunting or killing predators. We live in a different world now. Many many people think of guns only as weapons. They really dont see any other reason to own one except as a weapon. Most people are just sheep. Fearful creatures who just follow the flock. Ever been at an intersection where the light wont change for some reason. Now you can bet most of those people suspect a faulty switch but they still just sit there. You pull out of line and drive through anyway and then they all follow. Sheep. Afraid. Think laws can protect them.

If all your food choices are bad hobbie its not going to do much good to boycott one. Some one else will pick that one as the least bad of the bad.

A gun makes a fine weapon... But is also a useful tool.

I have a whole drawer full of knives in my kitchen that would make deadly weapons... But they see use for food prep and eating. I also carry a wire skinning knife in my tool bag. The blade is an inch long with a square end like a straight razor. But it will flay you to the bone.

I own several axes, hatchets, hammers, and saws... All are potentially lethal if used with lethal intent.

My Stihl Farm Boss would make a mess of someone in short order if I wanted to use it like that.

You can kill someone with a 2x4 or a 2 foot length of 1" rigid steel conduit...

A decent hunk of red oak firewood would make a fine instrument to bludgeon someone...

A Bic pen between the ribs...

A rock held in the hand or in a handkerchief or pillowcase...

I can't count the number of times I've sliced my thumb on my rifle flints...

A pointed tree branch...

How far are stupid people willing to go to prevent evil people from harming others?

What's it like to live in abject fear of inanimate objects?

Mike

$$$$$$$$$$ not much money in honesty and correcting your story$$$$
your not selling news papers your selling views in 20xx
the reader is the product not the consumer

the thing is none of those things are good at taking out the Tyrants troops , so they will be much further down the list to prohibit
don't worry they get to it , look at England no pointed knives , because while that inch long blade on your wire stripper is razor sharp , you need 2-3 inches of piercing depth to render single strike incapacitation in under a minute most of the time , yes you can get some very key locations.
they can stitch up knife wounds reasonably often
unless you can get an artery , lung or heart.