They have ALWAYS included violent criminals shot by police or private citizens in lawful slef defense, just as they have ALWAYS included suicides and single person accidental shootings as part of their numbers for “victims of gun violence”.
Is feature, not bug. If they only talked about innocent victims of predatory or negligent actions of others, their stats would be really, really, low.
They are listing all gun deaths, including Those engaged in Criminal activities, LE shootings, suicides,some non shooting victims,accidents, as well as double entries
June 19th, 2013 at 8:34 pm
Isn’t that par for the course? Don’t they usually include “victims” of defensive shootings in their numbers/lists?
June 20th, 2013 at 9:54 am
They have ALWAYS included violent criminals shot by police or private citizens in lawful slef defense, just as they have ALWAYS included suicides and single person accidental shootings as part of their numbers for “victims of gun violence”.
Is feature, not bug. If they only talked about innocent victims of predatory or negligent actions of others, their stats would be really, really, low.
June 20th, 2013 at 10:35 am
Over at slate http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/crime/2012/12/gun_death_tally_every_american_gun_death_since_newtown_sandy_hook_shooting.html
They are listing all gun deaths, including Those engaged in Criminal activities, LE shootings, suicides,some non shooting victims,accidents, as well as double entries