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On Fri, 3 Jun 2022 11:17:05 -0400, "Scout" <
me4guns@verizon.removeme.this2.nospam.net> wrote:
No, they aren't when you look at rates which is how you SHOULD do it,
Then do it that way. Too lazy? I'll do it.
Let's lay down a reference point with population growth.
"Why U.S. Population Growth Is Collapsing"
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/03/american-population-growth-rate-slow/629392/
"The U.S. population grew at the slowest pace in history in 2021,
according to census data released last week. That news sounds extreme,
but it’s on trend. First came 2020, which saw one of the lowest U.S. population-growth rates ever. And now we have 2021 officially setting
the all-time record.
"U.S. growth didn’t slowly fade away: It slipped, and slipped, and
then fell off a cliff. The 2010s were already demographically
stagnant; every year from 2011 to 2017, the U.S. grew by only 2
million people. In 2020, the U.S. grew by just 1.1 million. Last year,
we added only 393,000 people."
If you had bothered to read the article I linked as a resource,
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/02/03/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/
you would have found this:
"How has the number of U.S. gun deaths changed over time?
"The 45,222 total gun deaths in 2020 were by far the most on record, representing a 14% increase from the year before, a 25% increase from
five years earlier and a 43% increase from a decade prior."
Those numbers are clearly faster than population growth so guess what?
You lose again.
and
"Gun murders, in particular, have climbed sharply in recent years. The
19,384 gun murders that took place in 2020 were the most since at
least 1968, exceeding the previous peak of 18,253 recorded by the CDC
in 1993. The 2020 total represented a 34% increase from the year
before, a 49% increase over five years and a 75% increase over 10
years."
Much faster than population growth.
and
"While 2020 saw the highest total number of gun deaths in the U.S.,
this statistic does not take into account the nation’s growing
population. On a per capita basis, there were 13.6 gun deaths per
100,000 people in 2020 – the highest rate since the mid-1990s, but
still well below the peak of 16.3 gun deaths per 100,000 people in
1974."
Bearing in mind with these figures,
"In the CDC’s database, gun murders and gun suicides between 1968 and
1978 are classified as those caused by firearms and explosives. In
subsequent years, they are classified as deaths involving firearms
only."
So the next time I post information with a link, read and use the
resource before you come for me.
As it turns out, I need a bit of correction; the murder RATE trend up
has been years rather than decades and the upturn has been very sharp
recently.
Swill
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As journalists descend on Uvalde, as they did on Columbine,
Newtown, and Parkland,some are questioning whether a more
graphic approach is required to capture the reality of America’s
gun violence epidemic. "It’s time," suggests one industry leader,
"to show what a slaughtered 7-year-old looks like."
- Charlotte Klein in Vanity Fare 05/15/2022
https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1997/12/30
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