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467,321 persons were victims of a crime committed with a firearm in 2011.
http://www.nij.gov/topics/crime/gun-vio ... lcome.aspx
8,583 homicides involving firearms.
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/cr ... ta-table-8
14,000-19,000 non-fatal accidental shootings.
http://www.volokh.com/2012/12/13/how-ma ... -per-year/
— In 2010 in the U.S., 606 people died from an unintentional shooting.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nati ... r/2073259/
All weighed against:
67,740 uses of firearms in self-defense annually.
http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/201 ... blogs&_r=0
Simple choice.
Guess we just aren't going to talk about this
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Re: Guess we just aren't going to talk about this
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For among other evils which being unarmed brings you, it causes you to be despised
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by wormwood » Thu Jan 23, 2014 9:51 pm
For among other evils which being unarmed brings you, it causes you to be despised
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