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Old February 2, 2013, 01:00 AM   #12
gc70
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Originally Posted by Ruthless4christ
I would be very interested for anay thoughts or feedback any of you have, as I am seeing it online a lot and would like to debunk as much as I can.
Let's take #2. The numbers and chart refer to "Gun Deaths," which include homicides, suicides, and accidents. Mother Jones also failed to include the District of Columbia in the narrative or chart - probably because it has the lowest rate of gun ownership in the country and one of the highest rates of gun deaths. D.C. is included in the revised chart below.



Sources: gun ownership (Table 1) and gun deaths

As previously noted, a better gauge of the impact of gun ownership would be the murder rate. The chart below is based on FBI data on murders and non-negligent homicides.



Sources: gun ownership (Table 1) and murders and non-negligent homicides

While the District of Columbia was embarrassing enough to be excluded from the Mother Jones chart, D.C. is essentially in a category of its own with respect to being a nearly gun-free utopia and also having nearly twice the murder/homicide rate of the next contender.
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