I ran across this on the internet today and felt it really needed to be saved somewhere public. There are about 30,000 gun related deaths per year by firearms, this number is not disputed. (1)U.S. population 328 million as of January 2018. (2)Do the math: 0.00915% of the population dies from gun related actions each year.Statistically speaking, this is insignificant. It’s not even a rounding error.What is not insignificant, however, is a breakdown of those 30,000 deaths: 22,938 (76%) are by suicide which can’t be prevented by gun laws. 987 (3%) are by law enforcement, thus not relevant to Gun Control discussion. 489 (2%) are accidental. So no, “gun violence”…
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a post about Christopher Columbus
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A thought on what people consider 'science'
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An interesting and unique reason to be against gun control in the United States
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I found this on reddit. Original thread here by /u/honeybunchesofpwn. This is something that I feel should be read. “Well it depends on what it is you’re trying to solve. If you’re trying to solve highly unique events like what happened in Las Vegas, it’s gonna be difficult. However, if you want to tackle the broader issue of gun violence, there are some substantial changes we can make that will have a positive impact. Enforce existing gun laws. Our federal firearm prosecution rates are tragically pathetic, and have been on the decline. Although some progress might be being made. Improve the NICS background check system. The National Shooting Sports Foundation has…
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I’m starting to see a very worrying trend emerging in the US Political landscape. The far left is, probably unintentionally, trying to whitewash US history. Things in our past are ‘problematic’ and anything reminding them of that ‘problematic’ issue must be removed and eliminated. Antifa and BLM vandalized a statue in Atlanta called Peace, it was an angel holding an olive branch over a confederate soldier putting down his rifle. At the outset of the war some of the Atlanta City Gate Guard, a local militia, were among the first to take up arms against the North. After the war, a group of survivors went to the North on a…
