The Firearms Statistics That Gun Control Advocates Don’t Want to See

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

²Urban areas include all urbanized areas (over 50,000 population) and Urban Clusters (2,500 to 49,999 population) as defined by the Bureau of the Census in the 2000 Decennial Census.

I hardly consider 2500 people Urban.

Hey, I don't make the definitions. I just work with them.

[Karee 4,191]

Hey, I don't make the definitions. I just work with them.

Good point. They should at least require a stop sign in one of these areas to consider it urban though.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Good point. They should at least require a stop sign in one of these areas to consider it urban though.

Reminds me of Lynchburg, TN. Home not only to Jack Daniels but home also to a lonely stop light in the "downtown" area.

[Karee 4,191]

Specifically this:

Pew also found that African Americans made up a disproportionate share of gun homicide victims - 55% in 2010, despite accounting for 13% of the overall population.

What percentage of African Americans legally own a firearm?

Edited May 8, 2013 by Karee

[GandD 5,966]

Why bring a knife to a gunfight?

My old man once made that comment to a guy that pulled a knife on him. But then he was a cop and sometimes he says stuff like that to mess with me. So.....maybe a true story.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

What percentage of African Americans legally own a firearm?

http://www.statisticbrain.com/gun-ownership-statistics-demographics/

Around 27%.

[Karee 4,191]

http://www.statisticbrain.com/gun-ownership-statistics-demographics/

Around 27%.

Makes me wonder if any new restrictions on legal gun ownership will have any impact on gun violence in the African American community?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Makes me wonder if any new restrictions on legal gun ownership will have any impact on gun violence in the African American community?

I thought legal gun owners have no impact on gun violence per OP.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Makes me wonder if any new restrictions on legal gun ownership will have any impact on gun violence in the African American community?

That would be determined by how folks doing all the killing are getting the guns. If the gang members or criminals are getting them through the internet, or from back door sales, tighter restrictions might help in that regard.

[Karee 4,191]

That would be determined by how folks doing all the killing are getting the guns. If the gang members or criminals are getting them through the internet, or from back door sales, tighter restrictions might help in that regard.

I think that is key right there. Are they simply stealing them? Are they buying them legally? Are they getting them via straw purchases? Are they legally buying them and then re-selling them illegally?

I'm sure it's probably a combination of all 4.

[Teddy B 17,252]

I think that is key right there. Are they simply stealing them? Are they buying them legally? Are they getting them via straw purchases? Are they legally buying them and then re-selling them illegally?

I'm sure it's probably a combination of all 4.

Yup, and that's why we need blanket nationwide gun laws. This state to state stuff and having different rules for gun shows is a joke.

[Karee 4,191]

Yup, and that's why we need blanket nationwide gun laws. This state to state stuff and having different rules for gun shows is a joke.

I agree with that 100%. I knew guys in the 80s that were making a killing (pun intended) driving from NYC to Virginia on the weekends and buying guns there. Then turning around and selling them in NYC for something like 300% markup on the street. Granted I met these guys in Federal Prison, so it didn't go well for all of them.

[Harsh_77 718]

Yeah, because a gun in the house makes you safer. Only there isn't a single shred of evidence to back that up. The opposite actually holds true. A gun in the house is 12 times more likely to kill a member or guest of that household than to fend off an intruder. But why am I talking facts here while quoting an article from The Blaze? They don't do facts over there.

Exactly!

That is simply not true.

Its just a propoganda by anti gun folks.

Infact last night for first time I heard NPR talk about the gun violence being lowest since 94

[Harsh_77 718]

Yup, and that's why we need blanket nationwide gun laws. This state to state stuff and having different rules for gun shows is a joke.

There has to be different regulation for a sale by lic dealer and a pvt sales, you cannot apply the same rule to both.

[Teddy B 17,252]

There has to be different regulation for a sale by lic dealer and a pvt sales, you cannot apply the same rule to both.

Why?