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Gun Control

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Gun Control

Gun Control

Quick Facts

34% of homes contain one or more gun

Educationally, gun owners and non-gun owners are identical

Gun owners out earn non-gun owners by 32%

Gun owners are happier than non-gun owners (36% to 30%) "Many studies over the years have shown that a belief in one's control over the environment dramatically adds to happiness"

Gun owners are more likely to give to charity than non-gun owners (83% to 75%)

(from the Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120856454897828049.html?mod=djemEditorialPage)

Misc Statistics

http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa109.html

http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php

http://www.rkba.org/research/suter/aw.html

http://www.saf.org/viewpr-new.asp?id=221

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/race.htm

http://www.pulpless.com/gunclock/165476.pdf (4.5M DGUs from an "anti" study)

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0875649.html

http://webappa.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/mortrate10_sy.html

Felons are the ones committing murder (90% of murders committed by felons)

http://www.sfexaminer.com/opinion/Gun-control-restricts-those-least-likely-to-commit-violent-crimes--42507652.htm

Mass Murder WITHOUT Guns (or, why a gun ban won't stop mass murder)

Weapon	Casualties	URL
Dynamite	45 deaths	http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~bauerle/disaster.htm
Gasoline	87 deaths	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Land_Fire
Car	80 injured	http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/08/national/main3689842.shtml?source=RSSattr=U.S._3689842
Ammonium Nitrate	168 deaths	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing
Silk Stockings	13 deaths	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Strangler
Knife	Between 5 and 12 deaths	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_ripper
	8 Deaths	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka_school_massacre
Sarin Gas	12 Deaths	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarin_gas_attack_on_the_Tokyo_subway
Poison/Drugs	Up to 265 Deaths	http://www.ourcivilisation.com/decline/shipman.htm