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Gun Control & RKBA

krispos42

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6. 300,000, of which 200,000 would be suicides

Reply to msongs (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 11:54 PM

Jan 2020

Shot does not equal death.

Oh, yeah, and 50,000 people will be murdered with non-guns.

4,000,000 will die from smoking, and at the current rate 700,000 will die from opioid overdoses.

But hey, you get to feel superior to gun owners, so that's totally worth it.

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'1 Million Americans Will Be Shot in the Next Decade' [View all] Cattledog Jan 2020 OP

its what gun owners allow. whats a million corpses compared to their 2A "rights" nt msongs Jan 2020 #1

300,000, of which 200,000 would be suicides krispos42 Jan 2020 #6

Can you put that number into some sort of context? hack89 Jan 2020 #2

Ah, Freedom JDC Jan 2020 #3

Given that the majority are/will-be suicides, ManiacJoe Jan 2020 #4

Great point nearly 2/3. Hope we can increase the number of doctors & programs who/that can help. jmg257 Jan 2020 #5

Gun grabbers don't need "context" The Mouth Jan 2020 #7

Real data discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2020 #8

Information I get from the video discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2020 #9