Date sent: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 22:10:32 -0400 From: "Michael S. Lorrey" <mike@lorrey.com> Organization: http://www.lorrey.com http://www.artlocate.com To: extropians@extropy.com Subject: Re: GUNS: Fear of Guns Vs. Fear of No Guns Send reply to: extropians@extropy.com
> "Joe E. Dees" wrote:
> >
> > Date sent: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 19:24:20 -0400
> > From: "Michael S. Lorrey" <mike@lorrey.com>
> > >
> > > These are accident rates, not crime rates. Get your facts straight. Accidental gunshot
> > > related injuries for 1995 for people under 15 or 18 was about 250. Using suicides or
> > > criminal on criminal gun violence as justification for controlling law abiding usage
> > > is insane, about as insane as using government perpetrated gun crime in europe to
> > > justify taking civilian guns away.
> > >
> > The precise figures for 1995 are as follows:
> > a)Justifiable Homicides.....................................616
> > b)Murders...................................................13,790
> > (total homicides)( a + b) ----------------------------------------------------14,406
> > c)Suicides..................................................18,503
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Total........................................................ 32,909
> > >
>
> You did not even mention accidental deaths, which is what we were
> talking about. Stop changing the subject.
>
>
You're right; all these more that 30,000 gunshot related deaths in a
single year (1995) were INTENTIONAL, and less than 2% of the
total is justifiable! Factor in accidental deaths, and the toll rises
higher still.