Protect children, not guns 2010

Children's Defense Fund Protect Children, Not Guns 2010 is a compilation of the most recent and reliable national and state data on gun violence in America. This report provides the latest statistics on firearm deaths by race, age and manner; highlights state gun violence trends and efforts to prevent child access to guns; dispels common myths about guns; and explains the significance of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions on gun ownership. Download the full report and find out how you can help dismantle the pipeline to prison by standing up and taking action to help protect children from the effects of gun violence. Read Gun Violence, Gospel Values: Mobilizing in Response to God’s Call, the statement of the 219th General Assembly (2010) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

Comments

[Larry G Turner Sr]

no where (that I could find) are the estimated 2,500,000 defensive uses of firearms mentioned in this report. Those 2,500,000 defensive uses represent a huge number of violent events stopped or prevented. An estimated number of 4-8 peripheral people are adversely affected by every violent act which could escalate the number of people saved from a violent act to more than 10,000,000. Exact numbers of the times a violent act is stopped or prevented are difficult to determine because in almost all cases they are not reported and may be as innocuous as exposing a handgun still in its holster.
The article goes into extensive details about the damage a gun can do, while totally ignoring the lives saved, rapes and robbery prevented and lives not destroyed.