March 30, 2023
The most dangerous guns are those in a government’s hands
By Andrea Widburg
Tucker Carlson made a great point last night: There are about 70 million more guns in America than there are citizens, and gun owners have billions of rounds. If guns were inherently dangerous, America would be in a perpetual state of Armageddon-like warfare, but it’s not. That’s because most Americans are good people. But there is a group of people that should never be allowed sole possession of guns because when they go bad, they go very, very bad, and that’s government employees—and I’ve got the numbers to prove it.
According to a DOJ report from 2011, the highest murder rate in recent American history was in 1980, when “the U.S. homicide rate hovered at 10.2 per 100,000 residents.” As the population grew, the number of murders went up, but the rate has never again gone up that high. A MacroTrends chart shows the 2022 murder rate at 6.52 per 100,000. It would be better if it were lower, but it’s not as bad as it was in recent history.
Of course, not all those murders were committed with guns. But even if they were, it’s a remarkably low rate considering the number of guns in private hands. In other words, when it comes to killing each other, despite the hysteria from the left, we Americans (thankfully) aren’t very good at it.
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