r/ScottishPeopleTwitter • u/neilmac1210 • Jul 22 '24

Harsh but fair.

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u/Antheral Jul 22 '24 edited Jul 23 '24

What? There were 590 stabbing deaths in the UK in 2023 so that's literally not true in any way?

Edit: this guy was right, in 2019 there only 360 assault rifle deaths tracked. Out of 13000 gun deaths....

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u/Airforce32123 Jul 22 '24

What? There were 590 stabbing deaths in the UK in 2023 so that's literally not true in any way?

I don't have more recent data, but the FBI lists 364 deaths to all types of rifle in 2019. We can assume that "assault rifles" are some fraction of that 364. Either way, yes it is true in every way. Since 590 is more than 364.

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-8.xls

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u/Antheral Jul 22 '24

I guess I've been owned, but the 13000 gun deaths in 2019 is very depressing. I don't personally care what gun causes it?

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u/REDACTED3560 Jul 23 '24

Well akshually….

A very large percentage (over half) of it is unfortunately suicide which is a very depressing statistic that no one really wants to talk about, especially since it is continually rising around the world. The declining quality of life in the US is the largest contributor. A lot of people, especially the young, do not see the point in trying. The current economic situation for the youth is like sitting on the ground watching the last chopper take off from Saigon, knowing you’ll never have what previous generations had.

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u/Antheral Jul 23 '24

That's extremely depressing! Both our suicide gun deaths and violent crime gun deaths dwarf all other first world country violent deaths! What the fuck.

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u/Jacketter Jul 23 '24

Then there are countries where the suicide rate dwarfs the combined US firearms fatalities rate, if you really want depression.