CDC: US gun deaths hit 40-year high in 2017 (statistics, 2015, murder)

[chucksnee]

Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber

Imagine the Vietnamese took 10 years to kill 58K Americans, and we can kill as many every 17 months.

Actually more kill themselves....

[Finn_Jarber]

Originally Posted by PullMyFinger

Texting while driving deaths are now 100X gun deaths but liberals don’t want to discuss that.

Lets discuss it.

37K died in auto accidents (texting or no texting)
40K died from a gunshot wounds

Where did you hear that 400 000 died on texting related crashes?

[Floorist]

Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber

Imagine the Vietnamese took 10 years to kill 58K Americans, and we can kill as many every 17 months.

We don't kill them, over half kill themselves. Take away guns, they would find another way.
Maybe increased mental health care? Naw, too easy.

[lionking]

Originally Posted by Goodnight

I would say that its less access to guns but the NRA will probably say its less suicidal people.

Less gun access may mean less suicide by use of a gun but doesn't mean less suicides in general? Are those ready to off themselves not going to because they can't use a gun?

[Finn_Jarber]

Originally Posted by Floorist

We don't kill them, over half kill themselves. Take away guns, they would find another way. Maybe increased mental health care? Naw, too easy.

Sure we are good at killing each other and/or ourselves.

[Mr. Joshua]

Murders in our major cities have been going up since 2012.

Hope and Change!

[Goodnight]

Originally Posted by lionking

Less gun access may mean less suicide by use of a gun but doesn't mean less suicides in general? Are those ready to off themselves not going to because they can't use a gun?

There are plenty of other ways to commit suicide but guns are the most effective. Those who survive a first attempt have a low recidivism rate.

[BB_210]

Originally Posted by ambient

MAGA!!!

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/na...years-cdc-says



Major driver is increase in suicide, but if you look at the trended data, you'll see that even adjusted per 100K people, homicide is elevated at highs since at least 1999. Flat 2016-2017, growth from the 2000s..

Here's the data:
https://wonder.cdc.gov/controller/saved/D76/D48F344

Remove suicides, law enforcement. What percentage are gang activity/drug related/mental illness? Where is this subset occuring? I don't mean by state either, what part of what cities? How many are accidents?

Otherwise OP is hyperbolic fear mongering.

[Frank DeForrest]

Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber

Imagine the Vietnamese took 10 years to kill 58K Americans, and we can kill as many every 17 months.

Our medical system does that number quarterly.

[Finn_Jarber]

Originally Posted by Frank DeForrest

Our medical system does that number quarterly.

Lot of room for improvement there. Lesson: do not agree to every procedure your doctor recommends.