No goddam academic or police officer will protect you when you are attacked by a shark.
No goddam academic or police officer will protect you when you are attacked by a fatal virus.
No goddam academic or police officer will protect you when you are attacked by a sneaky snake.
No goddam academic or police officer will protect you when you are attacked from ambush.
No goddam academic or police officer will protect you when you are hit by a speeding car.
So what is the point?
No good guy with a gun will help here.
Around 74% of all deaths in the United States occur as a result of 10 causes. Over the past 5 years, the main causes of death in the U.S. have remained fairly consistent.
1. Heart disease
2. Cancer
3. Unintentional Injuries.
4. Chronic lower respiratory disease
5. Stroke and cerebrovascular diseases
6. Alzheimer's disease
7. Diabetes
8. Influenza and pneumonia
9. Kidney disease
10. Suicide
Claiming the lives of over 22,000 Americans every year, including over 1,000 children and teens,
1 firearm suicide is a significant public health crisis in the US.
2 Nearly two-thirds of all gun deaths in the US are suicides, resulting in an average of 61 deaths a day.
3 And the problem is getting worse: Over the past decade, the US firearm suicide rate has increased by 19 percent.
4 This trend has been of particular concern for
children and teens, whose firearm suicide rate has increased by 82 percent over the past 10 years;
5 and for veterans, who have a firearm suicide rate 1.5 times higher than non-veteran adults.
6
"Gun deaths in US reach highest level in nearly 40 years, CDC data reveal".
In 2017, gun deaths reached their highest level since 1968 with 39,773 deaths by firearm, of which 23,854 were by suicide and 14,542 were homicides.
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