Blacksmith101
Grumpy Old Man
- Jun 22, 2012
- 22,304
The political left and their media lap dogs constantly beat the anti gun drums in order to further their agenda and to provide a shinny object to distract the sheeple from bigger issues. With the latest shooting by another deranged individual the rhetoric about gun deaths will again be trumpeted by the MSM. And predictably they will blame guns.
A comment on the news lead me to look up the background information which is just one issue of many that are far more significant if you really were concerned about peoples lives. So every time you see a story about too many gun deaths (2017 Murder Victims Total Firearms = 10,982; https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u....017/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-8.xls ) consider these numbers "Seasonal Influenza-Associated Deaths in the United States reach 80,000 people", eight times more likely to die from the flu than be murdered by a gun.
https://www.precisionvaccinations.c...iated-deaths-united-states-reach-80000-people
If the MSM cared about peoples lives they would put their editorial emphasis in places that would make a difference (2016 data).
Heart disease: 635,260
Cancer: 598,038
Accidents (unintentional injuries): 161,374
Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 154,596
Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 142,142
Alzheimer’s disease: 116,103
Diabetes: 80,058
Influenza and pneumonia: 51,537
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 50,046
Intentional self-harm (suicide): 44,965
A comment on the news lead me to look up the background information which is just one issue of many that are far more significant if you really were concerned about peoples lives. So every time you see a story about too many gun deaths (2017 Murder Victims Total Firearms = 10,982; https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u....017/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-8.xls ) consider these numbers "Seasonal Influenza-Associated Deaths in the United States reach 80,000 people", eight times more likely to die from the flu than be murdered by a gun.
https://www.precisionvaccinations.c...iated-deaths-united-states-reach-80000-people
If the MSM cared about peoples lives they would put their editorial emphasis in places that would make a difference (2016 data).
Heart disease: 635,260
Cancer: 598,038
Accidents (unintentional injuries): 161,374
Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 154,596
Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 142,142
Alzheimer’s disease: 116,103
Diabetes: 80,058
Influenza and pneumonia: 51,537
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 50,046
Intentional self-harm (suicide): 44,965