Posted: 10/28/2004 9:17:51 AM EDT
| Ok, I had a discussion with my boss today about gun control and assualt weaposn. I need some very repitable websites that show the percentage of actual crimes that involved the use of assualt rifles... say in the last ten years. I also need the grand total of people killed using an assualt rifle in the US during the year 2003. Thank you! If the websites can be of the non-pro gun that would be great....so nothing from here...but more like History channel dot com or something along those lines.... thanks!! |
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Stats are stats, and can be skewed whichever way you want. IMO, the Fed's BOJ as one source is a reasonable starting point, and isn't either "pro" or "anti" gun. For example:
BOJ Firearms and Crime Statistics Remember, it's the man making the arguement, not the numbers, that convinces other people. YMMV ETA Report on Firearm Use by Offenders |
Nothing but trouble for you in this debate regardless of the outcome. Put down the statistics and move away slowly. |
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One more thought on the subject: you're not going to make any progress if you take the approach that "well they're used to kill people LESS OFTEN, so that makes them OK"... Most antis don't make that distinction. They're not gun geeks like we are, and could care less aboutthe technical differneces. A gun's a gun's a gun to them. It's should be enough to say that AWs are just not that common, and focus on the bad guy doing the bad things, not the weapon. Maybe if you could tell us what his main objection to AWs was? |
| Well to start, he confused AW's with Machine guns...and couldn't understand why I would use an AK for hunting deer...."don't you think you should give em a chance...?" So I explained the differnences....and his mistakes with his "knowledge." Then he went on to say that every cop hates AW's and that's hundreds if not thousands of people die because of uzi's and drive by shootings... How's that? So that's why I need to know how many people died in 2003 from AW's. I would have like to have used this year....but it's not over yet. Another though: Anyone know where I could find out how many people died in Dodge Dakota Sport Pick-up trucks...that's what he drives...I would like to make a comparison that might hit home. |