In 2017, with 300,000,000-plus guns in the hands of Americans, there were 15,549 gun deaths. This ranks less than half the number of automobile deaths even though there are fewer cars in existence than guns. In 2017, there were 253,000,000 cars in existence and 41,000 auto death No, there were over 33,000 gun deaths, you eliminated suicides....
The number of households owning guns has been dropping since about 1974..only about 30-35 % of households own guns but they average 8.2 guns per household..... and the number of guns purchased keeps rising, there's a conclusion in there, isn't there? The number of gun checks keeps rising which means the gun density per household that owns guns keeps rising...
About 5 million assault rifles, including the AR15, are owned in the US.....you can assume they are owned by the same households that own all the other guns....if there was a car that caused so many deaths to some specific group of people you know there would be an instant recall.....the AR15 and other assault rifles qualify... |
