Reply To: Mass shootings, and non mass shootings, must stop.

I am a shooter. Before we can have a reasonable discussion we need to agree on the facts. The facts are in America. There is something like 40 to 60,000 gun related deaths. Of those between 2/3 and 3/4 are suicide. Can violence in America is really a suicide problem much more than a homicide problem. Of the remainder of the deaths. The vast majority are known criminals, and gang violence Such as drug dealers shooting each other and similar. The number of non-criminals murdering innocent people is a very small portion of those numbers. So the first issue is when we are talking about violence in this country. We are really talking about suicide. Eight minority of gun deaths is gang violence, or non-criminals in known bad areas. Think Compton, southside of Chicago, and similar. If you were to take these urban areas out of the equation, places that everyone knows is dangerous, gun violence is actually very rare. Because the media is largely leftist they are anti-gun, and so publicize every mass shooting to try to advocate for gun control. in terms of mass shootings per capita we are not the leader. I think Norway is the leader and another surprising country or two. But because our media hates guns so much, they present this as a meaningful frequent occurrence. The reality is actual gun violence is largely limited to a small number of bad cities. Again think East St. Louis, Compton, southside of Chicago, and similar. If you do not live in those areas , it is extraordinarily unlikely you’ll ever experience gun violence.