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If we go by that 1 in 10, it means that there are 7.5 million gun owners who fit into this category.
If 1% of those "snap" in a year and kill someone, we would have 75,000 people murdered with a gun each year. The actual number is around 8,500 ( Gun crime statistics by US state: download the data. Visualised | World news | The Guardian ), and that includes all the gun murders in robberies, gang violence, etc. I could not find a number for the "snapped" (impulse) category, but I'm guessing it's a fairly small percentage of that 8,500.
In other words, I'm not too worried about it.
I believe the 75 million number is light. This is based on a poll. Many legal gun owners will not admit to having a gun, and there is a significant amount of guns owned by gangs, criminals and people that otherwise are not allowed to own a gun but do so anyway. These criminals do not show up in the gun owner stats, but they show up in the gun crime stats. Holding legal gun owners responsible for the stats generated by illegal gun owners is not accurate.
I believe the 75 million number is light. This is based on a poll. Many legal gun owners will not admit to having a gun, and there is a significant amount of guns owned by gangs, criminals and people that otherwise are not allowed to own a gun but do so anyway. These criminals do not show up in the gun owner stats, but they show up in the gun crime stats. Holding legal gun owners responsible for the stats generated by illegal gun owners is not accurate.
I agree with you 100%. I just went with an actual published number so the point could be made without the "where did you get that number" distractions.
Obviously, we are not counting all the people who have guns.
Contrary to what some people want to believe is a common belief, just because you've got a gun and are stressed out doesn't mean that you want to shoot someone.
Furthermore, all adults have access to guns, so the statement is pointless.
"Access to guns" means owning a gun, as well as carrying one outside the home. It doesn't mean ability to purchase a firearm.
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