208,000 background checks processed for firearms sales. Significantly higher than the record set last year.
Wow...that's wonderful. You must be so proud.
How many of those weapons will end up in the hands of criminals because the purchaser of the weapon: 1. didn't secure it properly 2. bought it with the intention of having it "stolen".
How many will end up being used to take the life of a spouse in a domestic violence case?
How many will be used to commit suicide?
How many will be discharged accidentally by a child?
How many will be locked properly in a drawer and never used?
You know, Mr Graduate Level Statistics, we could study things like this. We could understand how weapons are used after they are purchased. We could use this information to tighten up the background checks so that only law abiding citizens who are properly trained on the use, storage and maintenance of a product with the sole purpose of killing can obtain weapons. We could do all this...oh...but the NRA through it's own bought and paid for politicians won't allow such studies to occur.
Wow...that's wonderful. You must be so proud.
How many of those weapons will end up in the hands of criminals because the purchaser of the weapon: 1. didn't secure it properly 2. bought it with the intention of having it "stolen".
How many will end up being used to take the life of a spouse in a domestic violence case?
How many will be used to commit suicide?
How many will be discharged accidentally by a child?
How many will be locked properly in a drawer and never used?
You know, Mr Graduate Level Statistics, we could study things like this. We could understand how weapons are used after they are purchased. We could use this information to tighten up the background checks so that only law abiding citizens who are properly trained on the use, storage and maintenance of a product with the sole purpose of killing can obtain weapons. We could do all this...oh...but the NRA through it's own bought and paid for politicians won't allow such studies to occur.
How many of those weapons will end up in the hands of criminals
Wow...that's wonderful. You must be so proud.
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You know, Mr Graduate Level Statistics,
Wow...that's wonderful. You must be so proud.
How many of those weapons will end up in the hands of criminals because the purchaser of the weapon: 1. didn't secure it properly 2. bought it with the intention of having it "stolen".
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics 1.4 million guns were stolen during 2005 and 2010 (a 6 year period), that's about 233,000 per year. There was estimated to be about 300 million guns owned in households. That amounts to about .007%. And who buys a gun with the intention of having it stolen?
How many will end up being used to take the life of a spouse in a domestic violence case?
From the Johns Hopkins website:
Twenty-two percent of women and 7% of men report that they have been physically assaulted by an intimate partner in their lifetime. Among female victims of IPV, 4% reported having been threatened with a gun by an intimate partner, and 1% sustained firearm injuries in these assaults.
How many will be used to commit suicide?
According to this website, 50% of suicides were committed with a firearm. In 2013 a little over 21,000 suicides were committed with a firearm. With approx 300,000,000 total firearms owned, that amounts to around .00007% of suicides are committed with a firearm.
How many will be discharged accidentally by a child?
According to USA Today, gathing info from the CDC states "Government statistics released this week claiming that 77 minors in the U.S. were killed by unintentional gun discharges last year". While these are tragic this amounts to an extremely low percentage to the amount of guns owned in the country.
How many will be locked properly in a drawer and never used?
This is an impossible number to know. Given that most of your questions reveal extremely low percentages of wrongful shootings, it also reveals that the vast majority of gun owners handle their firearms in a very careful manner, and hold a deep respect for the law.
mine didn't come with the sidewinder missiles!
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics 1.4 million guns were stolen during 2005 and 2010 (a 6 year period), that's about 233,000 per year. There was estimated to be about 300 million guns owned in households. That amounts to about .007%. And who buys a gun with the intention of having it stolen?
From the Johns Hopkins website:
According to this website, 50% of suicides were committed with a firearm. In 2013 a little over 21,000 suicides were committed with a firearm. With approx 300,000,000 total firearms owned, that amounts to around .00007% of suicides are committed with a firearm.
According to USA Today, gathing info from the CDC states "Government statistics released this week claiming that 77 minors in the U.S. were killed by unintentional gun discharges last year". While these are tragic this amounts to an extremely low percentage to the amount of guns owned in the country.
This is an impossible number to know. Given that most of your questions reveal extremely low percentages of wrongful shootings, it also reveals that the vast majority of gun owners handle their firearms in a very careful manner, and hold a deep respect for the law.
Apparently she does.And who buys a gun with the intention of having it stolen?
You know, Mr Graduate Level Statistics .......
How many will be locked properly in a drawer and never used?
Wow...that's wonderful. You must be so proud.
How many of those weapons will end up in the hands of criminals because the purchaser of the weapon: 1. didn't secure it properly 2. bought it with the intention of having it "stolen".
How many will end up being used to take the life of a spouse in a domestic violence case?
How many will be used to commit suicide?
How many will be discharged accidentally by a child?
How many will be locked properly in a drawer and never used?
You know, Mr Graduate Level Statistics, we could study things like this. We could understand how weapons are used after they are purchased. We could use this information to tighten up the background checks so that only law abiding citizens who are properly trained on the use, storage and maintenance of a product with the sole purpose of killing can obtain weapons. We could do all this...oh...but the NRA through it's own bought and paid for politicians won't allow such studies to occur.