Don’t hurt ‘em
Criminal Firearm Superiority Supporters, the Violence Policy Center, is going balls out to fight the partial reinstatement of the 2nd Amendment rights to the residents of Washington DC and playing the “It’s for the Children!� card by selecting only the favorable statistics and screaming them at full volume.
Typical of the VPC, I know, but watching them get ripped apart is hilarious.
VPC: Children and youth in the District of Columbia are far less likely than their peers in the 50 states to be victims of firearm suicide, a new Violence Policy Center (VPC) study reveals. . . The study finds that NO District youths 16 years of age or younger died as the result of firearm suicide during the years 2000 through 2002. . .In addition, during this period there were no suicides by any other means by District youth in this age group.
RW: They note that the gun loving states have the highest rates of gun suicide, with Alaska leading everyone with 14 total gun suicides or 2.61 per 100,000. The VPC recommends a total gun ban as a model for the other 50 states.
VPC: VPC Legislative Director Kristen Rand states, “This study shows that the District’s ban on handguns and assault weapons works to prevent youth suicide by keeping guns out of D.C. homes. The findings highlight the sheer lunacy of Congressional efforts to repeal D.C.’s tough laws. Congress would virtually be writing a death sentence for some young people by repealing District laws that are working to prevent youth suicide.”
RW: Of course what they don’t tell you is that the “gun-free” utopia that is Washington D.C. has one of the highest rates of gun violence. In the year 2000, there were 239 murders in the District, and 8,626 violent crimes. Compare this with gun-loving Alaska, who had 27 total murders and 3,554 violent crimes. Per capita, the numbers are even worse. D.C. had 41.8 murders per 100,000 citizens compared to Alaska’s 4.3. The “gun free” city of Washington D.C. had more murders per capita than the entire state of Alaska.
Make sure you check the comments for even more info that the VPC ‘forgot’ to include in the press release that the uber-left website ‘Common Delusions’ published almost verbatim.