An Honest Look at Gun Crime Statistics

[NewGuyRay]

And – another amazing fact – according to the University of Sydney School of Public Health, gun suicide in the U.S. is about double the homicide rate. In 2011, about 8,600 more people committed suicide using a firearm than were murdered with a gun: 19,766 compared to 11,101.

You don't see the same attention paid to suicide. In fact, hundreds of thousands of people die each year from smoking, alcohol and drug abuse and complications from obesity. I don't see state governments paying nearly the same attention to these issues as they do to gun issues.

Forget what you think you know about guns - By Ron MacArthur - CapeGazette.com - Covering Delaware's Cape Region - Inland Bays, Atlantic Ocean, Rehoboth Beach, Lewes, Milton, Dewey Beach, USA

It's worth the couple of minutes to read.

 

[Pilgrim]

don't confuse anyone with facts, please.

 

[Shire Guy]

Guns kill children and the earth is boiling over, period.

 

[warwickben]

More people die from falling off a ladder then guns .