California Gun Sales Jump As Gun Injuries And Deaths Fall
BY Herschel Smith11 years, 2 months ago
From The Sacramento Bee:
Gun deaths and injuries have dropped sharply in California, even as the number of guns sold in the state has risen, according to new state data.
Dealers sold 600,000 guns in California last year, up from 350,000 in 2002, according to records of sale tallied by the California Attorney General’s office.
During that same period, the number of California hospitalizations due to gun injuries declined from about 4,000 annually to 2,900, a roughly 25 percent drop, according to hospital records collected by the California Department of Public Health.
Firearm-related deaths fell from about 3,200 annually to about 2,800, an 11 percent drop, state health figures show.
But wait! I thought that people couldn’t control themselves when presented with lethal weapons? I thought there was a “scourge of guns” across America leading to a national epidemic of violence? I thought we would just shoot our eyes out if we had guns?
Or maybe the problem to Feinstein and her ilk isn’t guns — it is guns in the hands of the wrong people.
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