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Episode 6 - A Discussion On Guns
Sherrod and the G sit down and talk candidly (as usual) about a touchy subject in the current discourse; guns. Even with differing positions on several key issues they were still able to come to some common ground and propose real solutions. Do you agree? Listen and find out.
We may or may not have gotten all of our numbers exactly correct... (We didn't. Please forgive us) but there is no reason for anyone else to get it wrong. Here is a lot of info from credible sources.
Facts, Stats & Links:
People
327M People in the US (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?locations=US)
127M Households (https://www.statista.com/statistics/183635/number-of-households-in-the-us/)
2.57 people per household
72% of the population is over 21 (235,440,000) (https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-03.pdf)
Guns
393M Guns (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/06/19/there-are-more-guns-than-people-in-the-united-states-according-to-a-new-study-of-global-firearm-ownership/)
1.2/person Highest in world
(a rather misleading and IRRELEVANT statistic because of the below)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_civilian_guns_per_capita_by_country
43% households have a gun {2018} (https://news.gallup.com/poll/1645/guns.aspx)
2017 Mortality Numbers
(https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr68/nvsr68_09-508.pdf)
2,813,503 Total Deaths in the US
241,078 Non natural Causes
(Accidents [169,936] + Suicides [47,173] + Homicides [19,510] + Medical Complications [4459])
157,326 - “Vice Related Deaths” 65% of Non-Natural Causes
19,510 Total Homicides (.7% of total deaths, 8% of non-natural causes)
14,542 Gun Homicides (.5% of total deaths, 6% of non-natural causes)
Murders {1.5% of crime} [2016]
https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2016-crime-statistics-released)
Death by Firearm
39,773 Gun deaths (1.5% of total deaths)
65% Handguns, 4% rifle, 2% shotgun, 30% other/unknown type. [2016]
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-2016/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-4.xls
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Sherrod and the G sit down and talk candidly (as usual) about a touchy subject in the current discourse; guns. Even with differing positions on several key issues they were still able to come to some common ground and propose real solutions. Do you agree? Listen and find out.
We may or may not have gotten all of our numbers exactly correct... (We didn't. Please forgive us) but there is no reason for anyone else to get it wrong. Here is a lot of info from credible sources.
Facts, Stats & Links:
People
327M People in the US (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?locations=US)
127M Households (https://www.statista.com/statistics/183635/number-of-households-in-the-us/)
2.57 people per household
72% of the population is over 21 (235,440,000) (https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-03.pdf)
Guns
393M Guns (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/06/19/there-are-more-guns-than-people-in-the-united-states-according-to-a-new-study-of-global-firearm-ownership/)
1.2/person Highest in world
(a rather misleading and IRRELEVANT statistic because of the below)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_civilian_guns_per_capita_by_country
43% households have a gun {2018} (https://news.gallup.com/poll/1645/guns.aspx)
2017 Mortality Numbers
(https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr68/nvsr68_09-508.pdf)
2,813,503 Total Deaths in the US
241,078 Non natural Causes
(Accidents [169,936] + Suicides [47,173] + Homicides [19,510] + Medical Complications [4459])
157,326 - “Vice Related Deaths” 65% of Non-Natural Causes
19,510 Total Homicides (.7% of total deaths, 8% of non-natural causes)
14,542 Gun Homicides (.5% of total deaths, 6% of non-natural causes)
Murders {1.5% of crime} [2016]
https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2016-crime-statistics-released)
Death by Firearm
39,773 Gun deaths (1.5% of total deaths)
65% Handguns, 4% rifle, 2% shotgun, 30% other/unknown type. [2016]
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-2016/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-4.xls