YankeeTarheel wrote: Fri Jan 11, 2019 8:35 am
Of the 40,000 gun deaths, about 24,000 are suicides.
About 16,000 other gun deaths, but in 2016 there were 822 long gun homicides--including shotguns and all rifles, not just "assault weapons".
So 5% of all gun deaths are long-gun homicides, 2% of all gun deaths, less than 1% of alcohol deaths, just over 1% of diabetes deaths. just over 1.1% of drug-related deaths.
That's ALL long gun homicides.
YT, not sure where your numbers are coming from, but they are higher than what the FBI reports for 2016. Maybe deaths vs. homicides?
Total firearm homicides was 11,004.
Rifle homicides was 374 (inclusive of the "assault weapon")
Handguns was 7,105
Shotguns was 262
Not stated was 3,077 (can be virtually certain this does not account for any evil firearm, since those are sensationally reported)
For comparison, 2016 homicide with other weapons:
Knives 1,604
Blunt object 472
Meat (fists, feet) 656
So you're more likely to be stabbed, clubbed or beaten to death than shot with an AR.
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/20 ... able-4.xls