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Important for us all to know truth ~ Facts about Rifles and crime
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The fact is, in many of the worst mass shootings, like Las Vegas, Newtown, Parkland, and elsewhere, the weapon used is an AR-15 or some similar rifle. It is also rare, as the CPRC research shows. According to their data on mass shootings in public places, the weapon most of the shooters use is a handgun, either on its own, or in conjunction with a long gun. Rifles are involved in one way or another with 28 percent of mass shootings. With handguns, it's 87 percent. (The figures add up to more than 100 percent because some of the mass shooters will use more than one weapon
The Facts About Rifles and Crime
The total number of people killed by rifles of ALL types for the last five years is less than the total number of people killed by knives in 2017 alone (1,582 to 1,591).
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Read more: The Facts About Rifles and Crime
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The fact is, in many of the worst mass shootings, like Las Vegas, Newtown, Parkland, and elsewhere, the weapon used is an AR-15 or some similar rifle. It is also rare, as the CPRC research shows. According to their data on mass shootings in public places, the weapon most of the shooters use is a handgun, either on its own, or in conjunction with a long gun. Rifles are involved in one way or another with 28 percent of mass shootings. With handguns, it's 87 percent. (The figures add up to more than 100 percent because some of the mass shooters will use more than one weapon