xtry51
NES Member
FYI, the exact numbers are:
33,636 death by firearm 2015
321,773,631 US population 2015
This means .01% of the population.
By contrast the top three killers are:
Heart Disease - 2015 - 610,000 (estimate from FDA) - 0.19%
Cancer - 2015 - 589,430 - 0.18%
Medical Mistakes - 2015 - 400,000 (estimate from FDA) - 0.12%
You're 24 times more likely to be killed by seeing a doctor than commit suicide with a gun or to be shot by another person. (~16,000 deaths each category).
Also keep in mind that number includes all shooting deaths, including justified ones and overeager police officers using citizens as bullet sponges.
33,636 death by firearm 2015
321,773,631 US population 2015
This means .01% of the population.
By contrast the top three killers are:
Heart Disease - 2015 - 610,000 (estimate from FDA) - 0.19%
Cancer - 2015 - 589,430 - 0.18%
Medical Mistakes - 2015 - 400,000 (estimate from FDA) - 0.12%
You're 24 times more likely to be killed by seeing a doctor than commit suicide with a gun or to be shot by another person. (~16,000 deaths each category).
Also keep in mind that number includes all shooting deaths, including justified ones and overeager police officers using citizens as bullet sponges.
Agreed, delusional moonbat. Heck, he even said in the first set of screenshots posted that he's limited in the number of cars he could buy each year while he could buy unlimited guns. Last I checked, there were no car purchase limits other than size of bank account which is what stops me purchasing unlimited guns each year.
When you get tired of beating your head against this wall, here's the easy way to make his head explode. Just post this:
"There are about 30,000 deaths by firearms in this country every year between criminal activity, suicide, and accident. 30,000 is an insignificant statistical drop in the bucket of the American population. I think that's an acceptable risk/loss to continue living in a society that values and protects freedom and personal self-determination. None of these deaths are caused by me so they're not my concern and my liberties shouldn't be reduced because of them or anyone wringing their hands over them, so quit your whining."
Yes, it's a deliberately extreme statement calculated to make him rage-quit the FB discussion by 'proving' to him that you're the callous monster he's always known you to be since he first learned you liked guns.
Alternately, you could go ultra-liberal on him yourself. Tell him how much is continued micro-aggressions of equating gun owners like you with violent criminals is causing you mental distress and that he really should be ashamed of his judgemental bigoted attitude and stereotyping of gun owners, much less vilifying so-called "criminals" who are simply the broken victims of their social/economic environment.
Just some options....