RE: Fire arm death, injury in children and adolescents.
Comparing guns to automobiles is misleading in this article. Blaming the NRA and gun manufacturers also is misleading.
An answer must be broken down in correct comparisons. A teenager killed in a car that was stolen is not part of the statistical breakdown. A child killed by crossfire in a gang battle, which unfortunately is quite high, is not listed separately but rather put into the whole, which skews the outcome. (That, of course, is exactly what the authors were trying to accomplish.)
The FBI has stats on the number of murders committed with illegally obtained guns as 95%. Guns are smuggled into the US number in the tens of thousands annually, but are not mentioned by the gun ban folks. The NRA has had the position, and has stated for decades that they are against ILLEGALLY purchased guns. With thousands of guns on display, there have been no deaths at legitimate gun shows.
Finally, no one dies "from" guns, just as no one dies "from" cars. There is no such thing as "car violence" any more than there is such a thing as "gun violence." I'm very disappointed in the Scroll publishing and giving credence to a study so obviously misrepresenting the facts so as to push their anti-firearm narrative.
"...the smallest gift of $5 million went to Shatterproof, an addiction crisis center founded in Norwalk by a parent of a child lost to an overdose. The unprecedented size of the gift will allow Shatterproof to build up its office and programs, attract the best employees with better pay, market themselves to a larger pool of volunteers, and solicit more grants from other donors. "
None of those things address drug addiction or bettering the lives of addicts or their families. All of those things benefit the bottom line of Shatterproof. Hence the problem with non-profits. This is how billions are spend on homelessness and addiction and the problem keeps getting worse.
My prediction is MacKenzie's money will greatly increase the salaries of NGO employees and do nothing to address the causes.
RE: Fire arm death, injury in children and adolescents.
Comparing guns to automobiles is misleading in this article. Blaming the NRA and gun manufacturers also is misleading.
An answer must be broken down in correct comparisons. A teenager killed in a car that was stolen is not part of the statistical breakdown. A child killed by crossfire in a gang battle, which unfortunately is quite high, is not listed separately but rather put into the whole, which skews the outcome. (That, of course, is exactly what the authors were trying to accomplish.)
The FBI has stats on the number of murders committed with illegally obtained guns as 95%. Guns are smuggled into the US number in the tens of thousands annually, but are not mentioned by the gun ban folks. The NRA has had the position, and has stated for decades that they are against ILLEGALLY purchased guns. With thousands of guns on display, there have been no deaths at legitimate gun shows.
Finally, no one dies "from" guns, just as no one dies "from" cars. There is no such thing as "car violence" any more than there is such a thing as "gun violence." I'm very disappointed in the Scroll publishing and giving credence to a study so obviously misrepresenting the facts so as to push their anti-firearm narrative.
"...the smallest gift of $5 million went to Shatterproof, an addiction crisis center founded in Norwalk by a parent of a child lost to an overdose. The unprecedented size of the gift will allow Shatterproof to build up its office and programs, attract the best employees with better pay, market themselves to a larger pool of volunteers, and solicit more grants from other donors. "
None of those things address drug addiction or bettering the lives of addicts or their families. All of those things benefit the bottom line of Shatterproof. Hence the problem with non-profits. This is how billions are spend on homelessness and addiction and the problem keeps getting worse.
My prediction is MacKenzie's money will greatly increase the salaries of NGO employees and do nothing to address the causes.