Gun Control & RKBA

I actually took you off my ignore list to answer this line of fertilizer, since your numbers were so far away from reality.

Here is a link to a count of gun deaths since 1968:

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2015/aug/27/nicholas-kristof/more-americans-killed-guns-1968-all-wars-says-colu/

So, there have been a total of 1.5 million gun deaths in the past 50 years. Out of that number, one must subtract suicides, since that is a one-time shot and they no longer count in the gene pool. I'll be generous and say that 1/2 that figure represents homicides. So, 750 k gun deaths over 47 years. That works out to a little less than 1% of 80 million. 47 years of active gun ownership is a good round number, since the usual minimum age to own a gun is 18. However, I'll extend it to 60 years (lifespan of 60 years) and multiply the number of homicides by 1.25. Hell, I'll even round it up to 1 million (a factor of 1.33). That brings the percentage to 1.2% MAXIMUM.

And that only holds true if every death is by a legal gun owner, since by definition criminals with stolen guns are not owners. Here is a link to a story from Politifact with a ballpark estimate that 3-10% of crimes are committed with legally obtained guns:

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2015/oct/05/joe-scarborough/msnbcs-joe-scarborough-tiny-fraction-crimes-commit/

Using 10% will brings the figure down to around 0.12% (roughly). And that is with a whole lot of fudging the numbers in your favor. 0.1 % is probably a much more accurate estimate than 3%, no matter how you try to pretzel the truth.

anything else you want to misrepresent?