Are You Safer on the Streets of Chicago or in The Hospital?

It is often cited by the media that there are 30,000 gun-relate deaths each year. That’s all of  .001% of the population.

• 65% of those deaths are by suicide
• 15% are by law enforcement in the line of duty and justified
• 17% are through criminal activity, gang and drug related or mentally ill persons
• 3% are accidental discharge deaths

So, the relevant “gun violence” death count is 5100.  25% of these occur in 4 cities – Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit and DC, all of which have strict gun laws, but lots of criminal activity.  Guns? Or criminals on the street?

200,000+ people die each year from preventable medical errors. You are safer walking around  Chicago than when you are in a hospital.  Maybe we ought to ban hospitals?

Are you beginning to wonder whether the cries for gun control are motivated by something other than simply saving lives?