Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoAs gun violence increases, active shooter defense industry boomswww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down113
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minus-squareAnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months ago From 2021 to 2022 looks like a wash to me A wash is not an increase. 2021: homicide+accident 21068 suicide 26328 total 47396 population estimate from census.gov: https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-national-total.html#v2023 332603952 2022: homicide+accident 20390 suicides 27038 total 47428 population estimate from census.gov 334025515 firearm homicides + firearm suicides / population * 100000 = rate per 100,000 2021: 14.24998101 2022: 14.19891531
A wash is not an increase.
2021: homicide+accident 21068 suicide 26328 total 47396 population estimate from census.gov: https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-national-total.html#v2023 332603952
2022: homicide+accident 20390 suicides 27038 total 47428 population estimate from census.gov 334025515
firearm homicides + firearm suicides / population * 100000 = rate per 100,000 2021: 14.24998101 2022: 14.19891531