Another school shooting, in Nashville this time. Details are sparse: three dead child victims, one dead asshole perp. No ages, no weapon described.

But that doesn’t stop commenters from jumping to conclusions.

Robert Smith
27 minutes ago

And the AR-15 makes it so much easier to accomplish this.

One more time: no weapon described. And handguns are used far more often than rifles.

Then there’s this person.

The Big Wrench
46 minutes ago

400,000,000 guns in people’s hands in this country. Guns are the leading cause of death for children in the US.

Let’s take that one at time.

400,000,000 guns. If guns were the cause, the country would have been completely depopulated years ago. Maybe, just maybe… it’s somethingone else.

Let’s get a tally in comments: How many people have your own guns killed so far?

As for guns being the leading cause of death for American children… It’s true that the CDC makes that claim. But as seems to be the usual case, they’re lying.

The CDC reported 4,368 child deaths by gunfire in 2020, the vast majority of which were homicides, followed by suicides.

Let’s cruise over to the CDC’s WISQARS Fatal Injury Reporta and check that number.

To get 4.368, you have to use an age range of 0yo through 19yo. Yes, they included legal adult gangbangers as “children.” Odd that, since the federal definition of “children” is “TWO YEARS TO TWELVE YEARS. Note the to;  not through group, that means under twelve. Twelve years fall into the next group, adolescents.

So now that we know what children really are, what’s WISQARS say?

314 dead by firearm. The CDC inflated the the number of “children’s”deaths by 14 times. 207 of those were homicides; far too high, but not indicative that the problem is inanimate guns. 21 were suicides; parents pay attention.

I mentioned adult gangbangers. Take a look at the first three results of a web search on “18 year old killed gang”:

18-year-old sentenced for 2021 gang shooting in Caldwell
Almaraz demanded that another individual in the vehicle hand him a handgun and then fired seven times into a group of individuals who were running away, hitting Hernandez and another 19-year-old man

18-year-old killed in gang-related shooting outside north Fresno bowling alley identified

18-Year-Old Killed in Gang-Related Shooting in Fullerton
Detectives are investigating the incident and believe the shooting was gang related, police said Wednesday.

That last one was in 2020, the period of the CDC “study,” so that 18yo gang member was one of their “children.” But “The Big Wrench” believes it because he feelz, since thinking — and Bog forbid researching hard facts — is too hard.

And just might hurt his feelings.

 

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