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Thursday, March 14, 2013

Oh Really?

I have been saving a lot of posts about guns and a recent discussion in comments has led me to the decision to put them all up over the course of the next few days. It's going to be a deluge, folks, so get ready!

First up is this little statistic.

You know, Judy, the reality is -- and it's a terrible reality -- since Robert Kennedy died in the Ambassador Hotel on June 4, 1968, more Americans have died from gunfire than died in … all the wars of this country's history, from the Revolutionary through the Civil War, World War I, World War II, in those 43 years. ... I mean, guns are a problem. And I think they still have to be confronted.

Is Shields correct?

Total Number of Americans killed in all of our wars: 1,171,177

Total Number of Americans killed by firearms since 1968: 1,384,171

My question is this...how many more bodies from gun deaths do we need to have to achieve the significance that this image has garnered?

6 comments:

Juris Imprudent said...

Of course you have to count an awful lot of suicides to get to that number of "gun deaths".

What gun control law do you think is going to reduce suicide?

Anonymous said...

And don't forget the justified shootings are also indiscriminately mixed into that number.

The Bubba T said...

http://www.upworthy.com/sick-of-the-constant-gun-control-talk-give-this-chart-8-seconds-to-change-your

Juris Imprudent said...

Oh, and just in case anyone around here didn't actually get that Obama is a douche, I give you...

I'm not as bad as Cheney!

You must be so proud M that the President of the United States has come around to your way of thinking.

Juris Imprudent said...

Yeah Bubba that chart should tell you and M something. But I'm sure you both will take something else away from it.

Anonymous said...

Bubba's chart demonstrates that this is correct.