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Anon is a statistic (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

True.

My point is that the numbers are incredibly misleading. If you look at the numbers for "gun violence," most are suicides, and a large number of the rest are accidental discharge. Very few are homicides, and an incredibly small number are random shootings.

The random ones get a ton of press coverage because they're rare and because they're so unpredictable. The everyday homicides are rarely reported on outside the local area.

What's even crazier is that most of the gun crime wouldn't be stopped with proposed legislation because:

most of the firearms involved are stolen
they're mostly handguns (esp. gang violence and suicide), and gun legislation targets "assault weapons"
criminals are usually first time offenders, so restrictions wouldn't apply