re: #21 Rightwingconspirator

And-blueraven, EPR-radar, klys (klys)
So if a guy shot 4 members of a family or more in a home invasion would it be counted as a public or non public shoot? Or this-Family ‘Hatred’ Shooting Leaves 4 Dead, Including Mom, Brother, Sister And Her Husband

This seems to be motivated to refute an assertion the rate is stable rather than offer any kind of solution at all for the problem. This is an answer in search of more than the one question.

I have little interest in whether the rate of a specific category of shooting is stable or increasing, when it is clear that the rate of shooting deaths (of all kinds) is too high, and that US gun culture is objectively insane and harmful. My interest drops to less than zero once it become clear that hyper-technical parsing of the relevant stats is going to be the decisive factor.

The political background cannot be dismissed here. The NRA and GOP are firmly committed to the only solution to gun violence being more guns. The extreme stupidity and evil of this nonsense has not yet made a difference politically.

Let’s not forget that the NRA vision of the US is ‘Open Carry America’ where everyone is armed at all times (preferably heavily). Combined with NRA/GOP stand your ground law, this would amount to a license to kill anyone, provided there aren’t any witnesses, and the jury can be counted on to believe a self-defense story. This would be open season on at least blacks, out gay people and uppity women.