Gun Control Perspective

  So, I thought let’s put some perspective on gun control. 

· In 2013 total murders by guns was 8,454 no stat on how many were obtained legally or illegally.

 · The serial killer known as Cancer in 2014 595,930 deaths.  

· Annual DUI deaths 10,075. 

·  1,116,090 Domestic violence crimes committed in 2013. 

· In 2016 15,488 opioid deaths in America. 

·  In 2014 they were 44,000 suicides. 

I wish the politicians cared about Cancer, DUIs, Suicide, Opioids, Mental health, and Domestic violence as much as they did about taking our guns rights away. Poor Mental health and guns don't mix.  Got to wander which of these things puts the least amount of money in their pockets. Which of these weakens the American people’s strength in numbers.   

Weapons   2013     Total  Deaths: 12,253     

Total firearms:   8,454     Handguns   5,782     Rifles   285     Shotguns   308     Other guns   123     Firearms, type not stated   1,956     Knives or cutting   instruments   1,490     Blunt objects   (clubs, hammers, etc.)   428     Personal weapons   (hands, fists, feet, etc.)1   687     Poison   11     Explosives   2     Fire   94     Narcotics   53     Drowning   4     Strangulation   85     Asphyxiation   95     Other weapons or   weapons not stated   850     

· Heart disease: 633,842

 · Cancer: 595,930

 · Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 155,041

 · Accidents (unintentional injuries): 146,571 

· Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 140,323 

· Alzheimer’s disease: 110,561 

· Diabetes: 79,535 

· Influenza and Pneumonia: 57,062

 · Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis: 49,959 

· Intentional self-harm (suicide): 44,193       

 Average   number of people arrested annually for drunk driving   1,500,000     Average   number of people who die annually in drunk driving accidents   10,075     Number   of DUI arrests per 100,000 drivers   1,250