Democrats’ calls for more gun control grow louder and louder, specifically for “assault weapons” - more accurately described as military style rifles. They cite a mass shooting “epidemic” threatening the lives of every American to bolster their position.
Mass shootings – defined by the FBI as 4 or more fatalities – are tragic, and heart-wrenching and often times become the impetus of calls for government to “do something” to help prevent them. This often leads to talks about stronger gun control legislation or outright bans on rifles. The media, most of whom want to outlaw more guns, tend to tailor their reporting to bolster narratives rather than report these tragedies fairly.
Out of nearly 3 million deaths in the United States in 2017, there were 17,284 murders, comprising 0.6% of total deaths.
And out of those 17,284 murders, only 0.5% of them were a result of mass shootings.
In 2017, the Las Vegas shooting became the deadliest mass shooting in the United States since 1949, yet mass shootings contributed to .5% of all murders.
Heart disease remains the most prolific killer in the U.S.
Sources:
https://wonder.cdc.gov/controller/datarequest/D76;jsessionid=AE46AE0BAFB136CD0A1DE27FD14815FC?stage=results&action=sort&direction=MEASURE_DESCEND&measure=D76.M1
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-2017/topic-pages/murder
https://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/serial-murder?fbclid=IwAR0jd-OYX9CCnEBMGYaaKawS6lxRSPGjK1aSDjKep4Dw6E50MfJIqDoEO-Q#two
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/dont-do-anything-about-gun-violence
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