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WinterBorn
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Why is the District of the Columbia the highest when up until 2008 (after this chart was made I might at) all guns were banned? And what are the TOTAL deaths per state, not just deaths by guns? I'm willing to bet those numbers are gonna change pretty significantly.
The entire chart is dishonest as Bf presents it.
"Causes of death attributable to firearm mortality include ICD-10 Codes W32-W34, Accidental discharge of firearm; Codes X72-X74, Intentional self-harm by firearm; X93-X95, Assault by firearm; Y22-Y24, Firearm discharge, undetermined intent; and Y35, Legal intervention involving firearm discharge. Deaths from injury by firearms exclude deaths due to explosives and other causes indirectly related to firearms."
Its hard to sell me that this is about gun crime when you include those shot by the police.
According to your pretty little table, there were 10.7 (per 100k pop.) gun deaths in the US in 2007. But the FBI Uniform Crime Reports shows there were only 16,929 murders in the US in 2007. Your table claims 32,849 gun deaths. Were the 15k gun suicides??
And all the murders in 2007 were not committed with a gun, so the number would be closer to 10K. You want to fight crime, how about starting with clear facts instead of nonsense?