An Interesting, Fact-Based Perspective on 'Gun Deaths' We Almost Never See

[TBoneTX 46,566]

This is fascinating (see the linked source article) and valuable.  Comments?

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An Interesting, Fact-Based Perspective on 'Gun Deaths' We Almost Never See

The term "gun death" is fairly problematic in a lot of ways.  First, guns aren't dying, so there's that.

 

Moreover, it treats all deaths resulting from a gunshot as somehow equal.  We don't see numbers for everyone who dies as the result of an edged implement like a knife or razorblade, for example.  We don't see "gravity deaths" that include people who jump off of a bridge and those tossed out of a 14th story window.

It's just the guns.

But, keeping that in mind, there's a lot more about the "gun death" discussion that is pretty problematic, including the way things are typically framed.  Mostly, it's a case of trying to lie with statistics.  Numbers need context and most stories about these deaths omit a lot of them.

So it was nice to see something different, which was not what I was expecting when I clicked on a site called "Lawyer Monthly."

Based on how the American Bar Association has been regarding guns of late, I expected the usual nonsense.  This was different.  [...]

 

https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2025/03/13/an-interesting-fact-based-perspective-on-gun-deaths-we-almost-never-see-n1227965

[Ban Hammer 13,817]

anytime i hear someone calling for "common sense gun control" or use a similar silly phrase, i just remember it's someone who doesn't want the
average person to be able to defend themself.