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With primaries coming up sometime soon, and “take yer guns” on the lips of some Democrats (e.g., Swallwell, O’Rourke, Buttigieg, Durbin, et al.) when they get the microphone and camera, it’s time a few statistics were brought up about the CDC’s statistics on death rates.<\/p>\n
Homicide by gun as a cause of death is NOT the leading cause of death in the USA, per the CDC.<\/p>\n
Of the leading causes of death in the U.S., death by homicide isn\u2019t as prevalent as it often seems. Homicide or assault deaths affect 5 per 100,000 people in the United States, killing\u00a0nearly 16,000 people<\/a>\u00a0every year. About 11,000 of those deaths relate specifically to firearm-related homicides.<\/em><\/p>\n Gun-related deaths rank last, at #15<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n Statistics are at this link: https:\/\/www.cheatsheet.com\/health-fitness\/these-are-the-leading-causes-of-death-in-the-u-s.html\/<\/a><\/p>\n Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the USA, NOT guns<\/em>. Accidents, including vehicular accidents rank even lower than heart disease.\u00a0 The CDC<\/a>\u00a0estimates about 610,000 people<\/strong> die from this condition every year<\/em>. Your age, race, ethnicity, family history, and daily lifestyle behaviors all contribute to your heart disease risk.\u00a0 Unfortunately, it\u2019s the leading cause of death among both men and women. – article<\/p>\n 610,000 people dying from heart disease-related causes versus 11,000 homicides by someone using a gun seems like an incredibly wide gap to use as propaganda to take away someone’s right to engage in self-defense through legal gun ownership.<\/p>\n It seems to me that finding a way to reduce heart disease is far more important than the issue of guns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"