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FACT:In 2004, there were 29,569 gun deaths in the U.S:
16,750 suicides (56% of all U.S gun deaths),
11,624 homicides (40% of all U.S gun deaths),
649 unintentional shootings, 311 from legal intervention and 235 from undetermined intent (4% of all U.S gun deaths combined).
-Numbers obtained from CDC National Center for Health Statistics mortality report online, 2007.
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Try not to kill yourself or anyone else, and consider the animals that you intend to kill as well. I know having a conscious sucks for gun owners, but you might be surprised at how good it feels not having a desire/need to hunt and kill innocent animals in the wild is.
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FACT: A gun in the home increases the risk of homicide of a household member by 3 times and the risk of suicide by 5 times compared to homes where no gun is present.
-Kellerman AL, Rivara FP, Somes G, et al. "Suicide in the Home in Relation to Gun Ownership." NEJM. 1992; 327(7):467-472)
FACT: Comparison of U.S. gun homicides to other industrialized countries:
In 1998, handgun murders:
373 people in Germany
151 people in Canada
57 people in Australia
19 people in Japan
54 people in England and Wales, and
11,789 people in the United States
(*Please note that these 1998 numbers account only for HOMICIDES, and do not include suicides, which comprise and even greater number of gun deaths, or unintentional shootings).
- Provided by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
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11,789 gun homicides in one year alone - that is more than three times the number of US Service People killed in Iraq since the war started.
I served in the military for 6 years. I do not own a gun...
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