Former Obama Deputy Assistant and Joe Biden National Security Adviser Colin Kahl managed to prove just how rare mass public shootings committed with AR-15s are in a country of 340+ million while attempting to prove how much of an epidemic they are.
“Since 2007,” he began, “at least 173 people have been killing in mass shootings in the United States involving AR-15s.” There are over five million AR-15 owners in America, mind you.
Since 2007, at least 173 people have been killed in mass shootings in the United States involving AR-15s. The grim list includes crimes in Newtown, Las Vegas, San Bernardino, and now Parkland. https://t.co/QKBbqnnUO2
— Colin Kahl (@ColinKahl) February 28, 2018
To put this in perspective, this means 17 deaths per year committed with AR-15s (or “AR-15 style weapons”) in mass public shootings. That’s low – so low that it implies the number of people killed every year from falling out of bed (450 annually) is more than double that of the number of Americans killed in the past decade in mass shootings with an AR-15.
And here are some other extremely rare causes of death, some which are still more common than getting gunned down in a mass shooting by an AR-15.
And some others….
Contact with hornets, wasps and bees (58 per year)
Legal execution (50 per year)
Starvation (39 per year)
Contact with hot tap-water (34 per year)
Bitten by dog (31 per year)
Drowning following fall into bathtub (29 per year)
Fall while being carried by other persons (24 per year)
Even murder as a whole is a relatively rare cause of death:
And, of murder, death by mass public shooting is even more infinitesimal.
The point of these statistics is simply to point out just how hysterical the rhetoric is of those claiming anyone who opposes gun control must want blood on the streets (and in our schools). To better quantify this in a way a liberal can understand: the percentage of assault rifles used in mass public shootings (or crimes of any kind at all) is lesser than the percent of Muslims that hold radical beliefs.
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BAN THE BED!!!!
BAN THE BED!!!!
This is just name calling and by far the lowest form of debate. You madame are just as stupid as those you argue against. Please stop talking or at least use a real argument.
This is just name calling and by far the lowest form of debate. You madame are just as stupid as those you argue against. Please stop talking or at least use a real argument.
Conservatives = murder!
The psychology of Leftists is intriguing when they are presented with facts. Many mock Christians for their beliefs; yet have no problem accepting fallacies when presented with absolute proof their view is false. There is most certainly a mental health crisis in the United States. Unfortunately, there are insufficient resources to treat the entire population of crazed liberals. Best wishes to you, Marilyn. May you find God’s grace soon.
The psychology of Leftists is intriguing when they are presented with facts. Many mock Christians for their beliefs; yet have no problem accepting fallacies when presented with absolute proof their view is false. There is most certainly a mental health crisis in the United States. Unfortunately, there are insufficient resources to treat the entire population of crazed liberals. Best wishes to you, Marilyn. May you find God’s grace soon.
This is an ignorant story.
This is an ignorant story.
YOU are and ignorant fool. Die sucker. hahahahahahahaha! LOL
It should be a law. Bed control! Only fully qualified and trained members of a special elite group should be able to defend our ability to be free from opressive bed use.
Rule #1 Never point a gun at anything you do not intend to shoot.
Rule #2. Always treat a gun as if it were loaded, at all times.
Rule #3. Always keep the muzzle pointed down, in a safe direction, even when unloaded.
Rule #4. When shooting, be SURE of the approved backstop behind the target. You are RESPONSIBLE for every round you fire, for ever. Bullets can travel many yards after passing through a target and still inflict injury death or substantial damage to objects you did not intend to shoot, unless you use an approved backstop capable of arresting and containing the bullet.
4. Never shoot at a flat surface, especially water. Water is not an approved backstop. Shooting at things in a lake or pond can cause a bullet to riccochet, and travel many yards (up to a mile and a half in some instances).
These were a FEW of the rules we were taught by Eddie Eagle, when we wer learning to use BB guns and taking archery class. Many years ago people thought the way to dispel fear was through education.. so they taught the proper use of ALL tools, and demonstrated the results of IMPROPER use of ALL tools.
Now we just blame the tools. and restrict the rights of those around us who are NOT afraid to use tools properly.
There are people who can not own a gun. They blow things up, they use gasoline and a match. Or they carry knives. Or baseball bats.
It should be a law. Bed control! Only fully qualified and trained members of a special elite group should be able to defend our ability to be free from opressive bed use.
Rule #1 Never point a gun at anything you do not intend to shoot.
Rule #2. Always treat a gun as if it were loaded, at all times.
Rule #3. Always keep the muzzle pointed down, in a safe direction, even when unloaded.
Rule #4. When shooting, be SURE of the approved backstop behind the target. You are RESPONSIBLE for every round you fire, for ever. Bullets can travel many yards after passing through a target and still inflict injury death or substantial damage to objects you did not intend to shoot, unless you use an approved backstop capable of arresting and containing the bullet.
4. Never shoot at a flat surface, especially water. Water is not an approved backstop. Shooting at things in a lake or pond can cause a bullet to riccochet, and travel many yards (up to a mile and a half in some instances).
These were a FEW of the rules we were taught by Eddie Eagle, when we wer learning to use BB guns and taking archery class. Many years ago people thought the way to dispel fear was through education.. so they taught the proper use of ALL tools, and demonstrated the results of IMPROPER use of ALL tools.
Now we just blame the tools. and restrict the rights of those around us who are NOT afraid to use tools properly.
There are people who can not own a gun. They blow things up, they use gasoline and a match. Or they carry knives. Or baseball bats.
How many conservatives here would like to see their child with a gun shot to their head? 100%!
If you could choose between your gun or your child with a gun shot to their head… which would you choose? 100% of gun owners and conservatives would rather have their child shot to death rather than give up their guns.
100%
HAHAHAHAHA! I LOVE this! So who cares if you are you are shot in the head!
Apparently the conservative ignorant folks on this website like Rosalee and other would like to have a nice shot in their head.
Sick.
Fine, Rosalee. Let’s just put another hole in your head since you don’t mind it so much, dumbass.
we need to regulate the beds immediately and ensure nobody under the age of 21 has access to one…………..:-)
Another little fact. In Israel for the last 44 years, around 22 people have died in school shootings. Of those, less than half were under the age of 18 and all of them were in Religious schools. Why is this? Well, since the shooting 44 years ago, Israel has had trained and armed staff in schools.
It will never matter how fast police respond, there is still a long enough lag for a killer to be very successful, something that Israel figured out over 4 decades ago.
Given the lack of enforcement of laws already on the books and the less than impressive (<80%) reporting of convicted felons and domestic assault criminals and the almost 0% reporting of people who are being investigated for threats by the PLSD anti-gun activists, one must ask if the anti-gun lobby is really serious about protecting schools or if they are purposefully not doing so to advance their anti-gun agenda.
Another little fact. In Israel for the last 44 years, around 22 people have died in school shootings. Of those, less than half were under the age of 18 and all of them were in Religious schools. Why is this? Well, since the shooting 44 years ago, Israel has had trained and armed staff in schools.
It will never matter how fast police respond, there is still a long enough lag for a killer to be very successful, something that Israel figured out over 4 decades ago.
Given the lack of enforcement of laws already on the books and the less than impressive (<80%) reporting of convicted felons and domestic assault criminals and the almost 0% reporting of people who are being investigated for threats by the PLSD anti-gun activists, one must ask if the anti-gun lobby is really serious about protecting schools or if they are purposefully not doing so to advance their anti-gun agenda.
Do you understand the difference between an accident and the willful intent to deprive someone of life? If you cannot then you are clearly a mentally unstable individual and should not be allowed a gun for fear you may attempt at those you claim are “libtards”. Gun control wont work within the next 20years minimum so the only real recourse is Mental Healthcare. Unfortunately Republicans refuse to believe thats a thing and defund it every chance they get, thus creating a continuous cycle of panic among their fanatical less intelligent gun owners.
Conservatives LOVE children with gun shots in their head. Sick!
Were they at Dunkin Donuts?
Were they at Dunkin Donuts?
Speaking of Columbine, it was three hours before cops went inside.
Absolutely hilarious & just goes to show you how ridiculous gun control death numbers really are! Besides the majority of these shootings since Columbine are created events by the globalist’s to disarm American citizens so they can implement their NWO agenda. Anyone who thinks otherwise is deluding themselves to the truth.
BAN THE BED!!!!
Conservatives = murder!
This is just name calling and by far the lowest form of debate. You madame are just as stupid as those you argue against. Please stop talking or at least use a real argument.
This is an ignorant story.
The psychology of Leftists is intriguing when they are presented with facts. Many mock Christians for their beliefs; yet have no problem accepting fallacies when presented with absolute proof their view is false. There is most certainly a mental health crisis in the United States. Unfortunately, there are insufficient resources to treat the entire population of crazed liberals. Best wishes to you, Marilyn. May you find God’s grace soon.
It should be a law. Bed control! Only fully qualified and trained members of a special elite group should be able to defend our ability to be free from opressive bed use.
Rule #1 Never point a gun at anything you do not intend to shoot.
Rule #2. Always treat a gun as if it were loaded, at all times.
Rule #3. Always keep the muzzle pointed down, in a safe direction, even when unloaded.
Rule #4. When shooting, be SURE of the approved backstop behind the target. You are RESPONSIBLE for every round you fire, for ever. Bullets can travel many yards after passing through a target and still inflict injury death or substantial damage to objects you did not intend to shoot, unless you use an approved backstop capable of arresting and containing the bullet.
4. Never shoot at a flat surface, especially water. Water is not an approved backstop. Shooting at things in a lake or pond can cause a bullet to riccochet, and travel many yards (up to a mile and a half in some instances).
These were a FEW of the rules we were taught by Eddie Eagle, when we wer learning to use BB guns and taking archery class. Many years ago people thought the way to dispel fear was through education.. so they taught the proper use of ALL tools, and demonstrated the results of IMPROPER use of ALL tools.
Now we just blame the tools. and restrict the rights of those around us who are NOT afraid to use tools properly.
There are people who can not own a gun. They blow things up, they use gasoline and a match. Or they carry knives. Or baseball bats.
YOU are and ignorant fool. Die sucker. hahahahahahahaha! LOL
How many conservatives here would like to see their child with a gun shot to their head? 100%!
If you could choose between your gun or your child with a gun shot to their head… which would you choose? 100% of gun owners and conservatives would rather have their child shot to death rather than give up their guns.
100%
HAHAHAHAHA! I LOVE this! So who cares if you are you are shot in the head!
Apparently the conservative ignorant folks on this website like Rosalee and other would like to have a nice shot in their head.
Sick.
we need to regulate the beds immediately and ensure nobody under the age of 21 has access to one…………..:-)
Fine, Rosalee. Let’s just put another hole in your head since you don’t mind it so much, dumbass.
Another little fact. In Israel for the last 44 years, around 22 people have died in school shootings. Of those, less than half were under the age of 18 and all of them were in Religious schools. Why is this? Well, since the shooting 44 years ago, Israel has had trained and armed staff in schools.
It will never matter how fast police respond, there is still a long enough lag for a killer to be very successful, something that Israel figured out over 4 decades ago.
Given the lack of enforcement of laws already on the books and the less than impressive (<80%) reporting of convicted felons and domestic assault criminals and the almost 0% reporting of people who are being investigated for threats by the PLSD anti-gun activists, one must ask if the anti-gun lobby is really serious about protecting schools or if they are purposefully not doing so to advance their anti-gun agenda.
Absolutely hilarious & just goes to show you how ridiculous gun control death numbers really are! Besides the majority of these shootings since Columbine are created events by the globalist’s to disarm American citizens so they can implement their NWO agenda. Anyone who thinks otherwise is deluding themselves to the truth.
Speaking of Columbine, it was three hours before cops went inside.
Were they at Dunkin Donuts?
Conservatives LOVE children with gun shots in their head. Sick!
Do you understand the difference between an accident and the willful intent to deprive someone of life? If you cannot then you are clearly a mentally unstable individual and should not be allowed a gun for fear you may attempt at those you claim are “libtards”. Gun control wont work within the next 20years minimum so the only real recourse is Mental Healthcare. Unfortunately Republicans refuse to believe thats a thing and defund it every chance they get, thus creating a continuous cycle of panic among their fanatical less intelligent gun owners.