Firearm-related homicides spiked in 2020, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Protection, which said 19,350 murders were reported that year in which a firearm was the murder weapon. It was a particularly deadly year, as the Daily Mail is reporting there were also 24,245 suicides with firearms in 2020. […]
Biden’s ‘Pinocchio Nose’ Gun Death Debate Claim Ridiculed
Former Vice President Joe Biden’s mid-debate claim that “150 million people have been killed since 2007” by gunfire while he was attacking Sen. Bernie Sanders’ voting record on gun control is being roundly pounded by the press, and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) issued a statement declaring, “If […]
Did ‘Gun Violence’ Researcher Just Expose Gun Control ‘Myth?’
Buried in the text of an article in the current issue of Discover Magazine dealing with so-called “gun violence” is an interesting remark from one of the leading names in gun-related research that seems to let the air out of an argument anti-gunners have been using for several years. While gun prohibitionists have contended that […]
More on Gun-Related Deaths 2017: The New Math of Hysteria?
Continued reporting on gun-related deaths in 2017—a record high in the U.S. in almost 40 years, according to The Hill and other publications—keeps one thing in perspective: combining the number of suicides, homicides, accidents, legal interventions and “operations of war” creates a more dramatic, and perhaps misleading, impression about firearms in the United States. Last […]
‘Gun Deaths’ Reach ‘Record High,’ Says CNN
According to a new report at CNN, “gun deaths in America have reached a record high.” The report says that 39,773 people “died by guns” last year, and this is where it appears a numbers game starts playing, which can be understandably frustrating to anyone used to asking direct questions and getting direct answers. It’s […]
While Left Focuses on Guns, Are They Ignoring Drug Overdoses?
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that “suicides and drug overdoses pushed up U.S. deaths last year,” the Associated Press is reporting, noting that the drug overdose death rate was up 9.6 percent over 2016. According to AFP, “the rate of heroin deaths was seven times higher than in […]