Gun Control ATF Priorities? Zion Patriot, March 7, 2024March 7, 2024 The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in the United States is tasked with enforcing federal laws and regulations concerning firearms, explosives, arson, alcohol, and tobacco. Among its primary duties are regulating firearms, investigating firearms crimes, overseeing explosives, preventing arson, and monitoring alcohol and tobacco industries. However, recent…
Guns are NOT the Number One Killer of Kids Zion Patriot, February 8, 2024 In a surprising fact check by the Washington Post of all places, The White House specifically has been called out for making false claims that “guns are the number one killer of children” The CDC data that was being cited included 18 and 19-year-olds. In the United States, 18 and…
2022 FBI Homicide Report Zion Patriot, November 13, 2023November 13, 2023 The FBI has released their annual homicide report. This year there were more agencies reporting (15,726 out of 18,888 or 83%) so then numbers are more in line with previous years. Last year the percentage reporting was ~63%. Weapon Used Total Percentage Handguns 7,937 41.3% Firearms, Type not stated 5,706…
Mass Shootings by State 1982 to Aug 2023 Zion Patriot, October 13, 2023October 17, 2023 State Total Mass Shootings Population (2022) Gun Law Grade California 28 39,029,342 A Texas 13 30,029,572 F Florida 13 22,244,823 C- Colorado 8 5,839,926 C+ Washington 7 7,785,786 B+ Pennsylvania 6 12,972,008 C+ Wisconsin 5 5,892,539 C- Illinois 5 12,582,032 A- New York 5 19,677,151 A- Maryland 4 6,164,660 A-…
Gun Laws vs Homicide Rate Zion Patriot, April 4, 2023October 16, 2023 Gun control proponents are quick to point out that 6 of the 10 states with the highest gun death rates have some of the most relaxed gun laws (C- or lower), and therefore, we need stricter gun laws in order to make our country safer.
2021 FBI Homicide Report Zion Patriot, November 9, 2022October 16, 2023 The 2021 FBI Homicide report is available, but there is a major issue, the number of agencies reporting homicide to the FBI is down significantly from 2020 with 11,794 of 18,806 (62.7%) of law enforcement agencies reporting. In 2020 the number was 15,878 of 18,625 (85%) agencies reporting.
2020 Gun Deaths vs Drunk Driver Deaths Zion Patriot, July 19, 2022July 19, 2022 According to the FBI, in 2020 there were 8,695 people killed (homicide) with a firearm of any type. In the same year, according to the NHTSB, there were 11,654 people killed in accidents involving a drunk drivers. Yet every time we hear about a high profile shooting it is followed…
2020 FBI Homicides by Weapon Zion Patriot, July 19, 2022July 19, 2022 The annual FBI homicide report by weapons for 2020 breaking down how many people were killed by each weapon. I have combined the “automatic” with the regular guns for brevity. Note that the FBI does not have a separate category for AR/AK style rifles, but instead they are listed as…