I don't think Boru is twisting anything. Cops kill more people per capita. This is a different from the (also true) fact that you're more likely to be killed by a civilian.
If you discount the suicides, what happens to the per capita numbers?
One thing I probably agree with OLB on, btw, is how suicides are lumped in with deaths by firearms (I think we agree on this anyway). I think we should always be clear when discussing gun deaths. These numbers are often presented as if they're murder rates, when they aren't.
(April 22, 2022 at 10:26 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: In 2020 - some 45,000 people got killed with firearms in the USA.
In 2020 - just over 1000 people were killed by police.
Now - even if you discount half of the 45,000 - as they are suicides - you still are 20 times more likely to be killed by gunfire from a civilian, than a cop.
If you discount the suicides, what happens to the per capita numbers?
One thing I probably agree with OLB on, btw, is how suicides are lumped in with deaths by firearms (I think we agree on this anyway). I think we should always be clear when discussing gun deaths. These numbers are often presented as if they're murder rates, when they aren't.
