The CDC will be first people to tell you they don’t stand 100 percent behind their vital statistics…

The CDC will be first people to tell you they don’t stand 100 percent behind their vital statistics report. Robert Anderson, head of the National Center for Health Statistics, admits that this report relies on local data, which can either over or under report their gun incidents. The whole point of the Gun Violence Archive is to gather better statistics through better methods. By focusing exclusively on gun violence, they are better equipped to provide reliable data. Can you prove that they have a secret liberal agenda? How?

Either way, we know for a fact that between 400–600 accidental shootings happen every year. We also know that thousands of gun suicides happen as well. And we also know that the year 2017 has seen hundreds of public shootings — a record. These people need counseling, but they should also be restricted from buying guns.

Since you like to use the car analogy, you might be interested to know that firearm deaths have outpaced motor vehicle deaths in many states, including those with lax gun laws:

Gun Deaths Compared to Motor Vehicle Deaths

As for gun incidents on college campuses, there have been 85 between the years 2013 and 2016. That number will increase as more colleges are forced to allow guns on their campuses:

New research confirms that letting college kids carry guns on campus is a terrible idea

The American Public Health Association has found that rape victims are 4 times more likely to be shot by their attacker if they’re carrying a gun. A number of women’s health organizations have objected to the NRA’s recent ad campaigns targeting college women, encouraging them to buy guns. If your story’s even true, then what you’re describing is essentially a miracle. She could just as easily have used a stun gun, or pepper spray for the same outcome. In fact, carrying those rather than a gun would reduce her risks of having a gun used against her during a conflict. Colleges could protect women and everyone else by hiring more campus security guards and installing more emergency call boxes. I said that my original post, but you ignored it.

You keep accusing me of using bad statistics, poor reasoning, fear mongering, and conspiracy weaving. And yet every reply, you do more of that yourself. So I’m not convinced you’ll change your mind. I do hope, however, that people who read my responses to you will find this information helpful.