Gun Violence Has Dropped 30% Since 1993 --- even in Chicago. On Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 2:17:44 PM UTC-5, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > *Sorry Mr. President But Pew Shows Gun Violence Has Dropped 30% Since 1993* > <http://jeffdunetz.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a443c8dc3ed9a1571202cde1&id=6323d552b3&e=e1333e4251> > > Oct 26, 2015 11:50 pm | Jeff Dunetz > > President Obama is going to be so very sad, after all he loves giving > those speeches to condemn gun owners. Sadly he makes those speeches > each time there is a horrific mass shooting. And Obama has already those > gun violence speeches are political in nature. What he doesn’t admit is > overall gun violence in the United States is way down in the past two > decades (well except for gun suicides which have gone up since Obama became > President). > > According to *Pew Research > <http://jeffdunetz.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a443c8dc3ed9a1571202cde1&id=54799606d1&e=e1333e4251>* > : > > Between 1993 and 2000, the gun homicide rate dropped by nearly half, from > 7.0 homicides to 3.8 homicides per 100,000 people. Since then, the gun > homicide rate has remained relatively flat. From 2010 to 2013, the most > recent year data are available, the number of gun homicides has hovered > between 11,000 and 12,000 per year. > > > > By contrast, a significantly higher – and growing – number of gun deaths > were by suicide than by homicide, and this has been true throughout the > past two decades. For example, while the gun suicide rate has declined > overall since 1993, in recent years it has risen, from 6.3 per 100,000 > people in 2010 to 6.7 in 2013. > > > > The nation’s overall gun death rate has declined 30% since 1993. This > total includes homicides and suicides, in addi[image: Description: > FT_15.10.13_gunViolence]tion to a smaller number of fatal police > shootings, accidental shooting deaths and those of undetermined intent. For > example, in 2013 there were 467 fatal police shootings, up from 333 in 2009. > > Perhaps because of the liberal propaganda, the public hasn’t noticed the > decline. > > A *July Pew survey * > <http://jeffdunetz.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a443c8dc3ed9a1571202cde1&id=b3f81197f0&e=e1333e4251>reported > > that 50% of adults believed that it’s more important to control gun > ownership, 47% said it is more important to protect the right of Americans > to own guns. > > The July survey also found that Americans strongly support a variety of > specific gun control measures, including expanded background checks (85%), > laws to prevent people with mental illness from purchasing guns (79%) and > creation of a federal database to track all gun sales (70%). A smaller > majority (57%) support a ban on assault-style weapons. > > Based on the truth about gun violence perhaps its time for the liberal’s > to stop their hyperbolic propaganda. > > Mass shootings are awful, especially when they involve children. But these > stats indicate the way to prevent these horrors is not to take away guns > from law-abiding gun owners. They aren’t committing crimes. > > The only real solution is to come up with a way to control the nuts who > commit the mass shootings, but rather than attempt a solution for the real > problem, the progressive politicians take the easy but ineffective way out > yell and scream for the cameras about gun control. We don’t need gun > control we need nut-jobcontrol. > > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmNGZzc21kBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0NDU5NjE3NDU-> > > > - New Members > > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/members/all;_ylc=X3oDMTJnMmVmdjJzBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2bWJycwRzdGltZQMxNDQ1OTYxNzQ1> > > 1 > > [image: Yahoo! Groups] > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJlNDdmYzAzBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTQ0NTk2MTc0NQ--> > > • Privacy <https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html> • > Unsubscribe <javascript:> • Terms of Use > <https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/> > > __,_._,___ > > >
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