Even if I were to accept your data, which I do not because I know how it can be manipulated (e.g., including suicides as school shootings), do you think taking away my firearms would somehow change this?
Let's be clear - data show that gun-related crime is at all-time lows, even as gun ownership has gone up. Of course, we might all wish it were even lower (just like we wish people would not kill and rape other people). Wish in one hand and shit in the other - see which fills up first.
So why do so many people think it is at record highs? Because we all judge the prevalence of events based on our exposure to information about them - and certain groups have made it their mission to tell us about every instance. They do this for their own purposes. We assume something is frequent because we hear about it more often - and people who want to influence opinion with misleading data know this and use this.
It is probably clear that I am not a religious person - certainly not a fanatic - but let me ask this simple question by way of drawing some comparison: How many abortions were performed in this country since Sandy Hook?
The "What about the children?" crowd only seem to care when it suits their purposes.
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