Episode 6 - A Discussion On Guns Off The Scale

Sherrod and the G sit down and talk candidly (as usual) about a touchy subject in the current discourse; guns. Even with differing positions on several key issues they were still able to come to some common ground and propose real solutions. Do you agree? Listen and find out.  

We may or may not have gotten all of our numbers exactly correct... (We didn't. Please forgive us) but there is no reason for anyone else to get it wrong. Here is a lot of info from credible sources.
Facts, Stats & Links:
People
327M People in the US (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?locations=US)

127M Households (https://www.statista.com/statistics/183635/number-of-households-in-the-us/)

2.57 people per household

72% of the population is over 21 (235,440,000) (https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-03.pdf)

Guns
393M Guns (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/06/19/there-are-more-guns-than-people-in-the-united-states-according-to-a-new-study-of-global-firearm-ownership/)

1.2/person Highest in world
(a rather misleading and IRRELEVANT statistic because of the below)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_civilian_guns_per_capita_by_country

43% households have a gun {2018}  (https://news.gallup.com/poll/1645/guns.aspx)


7.2 Guns (on average) per household that has a gun

2017 Mortality Numbers
(https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr68/nvsr68_09-508.pdf)
2,813,503 Total Deaths in the US

241,078 Non natural Causes

(Accidents [169,936] + Suicides [47,173] + Homicides [19,510] + Medical Complications [4459])

157,326 - “Vice Related Deaths” 65% of Non-Natural Causes 


Drug induced - 73990 (47% of vice related deaths) 
Alcohol Induced - 35823 (22.7% of vice related deaths) 
Firearm related - 39773 (25.2% of vice related deaths)
Obesity  - 7740 (4.9% of vice related deaths)

19,510 Total Homicides (.7% of total deaths, 8% of non-natural causes)

14,542 Gun Homicides (.5% of total deaths, 6% of non-natural causes)

Murders {1.5% of crime} [2016]  
https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2016-crime-statistics-released)

Death by Firearm

39,773 Gun deaths (1.5% of total deaths)


486 Accidental Discharge
616 By police
23,854 Suicide by firearm 60%
14,542 Assault (homicide) by discharge of firearms 36%

74% of homicides are committed with a Guns. (14542 Gun / 19510 Total)



65% Handguns, 4% rifle, 2% shotgun, 30% other/unknown type. [2016]
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-2016/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-4.xls