The Hill Reports Guns Killed More Than Cars. Just One Problem Here

By Tom Knighton

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The Hill had news. They’d just learned that 2017 was the first year in which cars were responsible for fewer deaths than firearms. In a state of panic over guns throughout the nation, this is distressing news. In fact, it’s likely to be used as evidence that we need to do something about guns. That’s especially true when a common rejoinder among gun rights advocates is that cars kill more people than guns.

There’s just one problem with the report.

The number of Americans who died from firearms surpassed those who died in car accidents for the first time in 2017, according to a new far-reaching report on gun violence.

The report, released Wednesday by Democratic members of the congressional Joint Economic Committee (JEC), found that nearly 40,000 people were killed in the U.S. by a gun, including approximately 2,500 school-age children.

“That is over 100 people per day and more than five children killed each day,” the report stated.

In 2017, 37,133 people died in motor vehicle crashes, according to the Department of Transportation.

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“I believe that Congress must act to stem the gun violence epidemic in our country,” Rep. Carolyn Maloney, the top Democrat on …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms