Don't Rip My Head Off -- It's Worth a Read (Gun Self Defense Study)

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Are you saying those statistics are inaccurate ?
What do you mean by "imaginary statistic" ?

Murder doesn't need to be separated into categories by the instrument. The murder rate is the only important statistic. If one country has a low "Gun Murder Rate" but a high murder rate altogether, is that supposed to be a good thing?

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You know why this is bullshit, if I'm murdered, I don't care how it happens. Do you think that someone stabbed to death's final thought is "Thank goodness this isn't a gun!"

"Gun deaths" or "Gun Murder" is an imaginary statistic. You know what happened when the UK enacted the 68 fire arms act? The murder rate went up and rose through the next three decades. At least they weren't being killed by guns though.

Overall murder rate per 100,000, same source:

United States, 4.2
United Kingdom , 1.2
Japan, 0.3

Obviously, not having guns makes a huge difference.

No, because the UK has always had a lower murder rate than the US, even when the gun laws were the same. They only had significant gun restrictions starting in 1963, and after those were enacted the murder rate in the UK went up, not down.

If I did the exact same thing with Russia and Mexico, where there are heavy gun restrictions and high murder rates, but a totally different culture, then you'd rightfully call bullshit. You have to look at the big picture.