JFlorio Loc: Seminole Florida

1). 30,000 gun related deaths per year in U.S..
2). U.S. population, around 324 million.
3). .0000925 % of the population die by gun related deaths.
4). 65% of related gun deaths are suicides.
5). 15% are law enforcement in the line of duty and justified.
6). 17% are gang and or drug related.
7). 3% are accidental discharge deaths. (Exactly how kevyn came to be).
8). So that 30,000 number the left points to is down to 5,100

5100 breakdown:
1). 480 homicides (9.4%) were in Chicago.
2). 344 homicides (6.7%) were in Baltimore
3). 333 homicides (6.5%) were in Detroit.
4). 119 homicides (2.3%) were in Washington D.C..

So basically 25% of all gun crime happens in just 4 cities. All four of those cities have strict gun laws, so it is not the lack of law that is the root cause.
This basically leaves 3,825 for the entire rest of the nation, or about 75 deaths per state. This is an average because some states have much higher rates than others. For example, California had 1,169 and Alabama had 1.
When you hear the words gun control the word gun shouldn't scare you. The word control should be.

Iamdjchrys Loc: Decatur, Texas

Why isn't Los Angeles on that list?

JFlorio Loc: Seminole Florida

No idea. This was from 2016. Latest I could find. Maybe that's where the majority of California homicides came from in the 1600 number.

guitarman Loc: University Park, Florida

California doesn't want people to know that all their i*****l i*******t are out there k*****g, so they don't keep statistics.

JoyV

Good points!

bahmer

Spot on and I love Number seven that was great.