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So "ShotSpotter" data sows that gun violence is way, way beyond what gets reported.
This may be the best way to measure gun violence in America
Well, if you REALLY want to count the number of gunshots and compare that to gun crimes you might want to include the data from public and private ranges too where people practice, train and compete. If you think 165,500 gunshots over 62 municipalities in a year is a lot then you'd better sit down when you hear how many rounds are fired at just one range here in Tucson. At the Southeast Regional Park there are 30 tables open from 8-5 four days a week. On a Saturday or Sunday most, if not all, tables will be occupied all day and few shooters will go through less than 20 rounds while most will go through more than 100. A conservative estimate would be that over 20,000 rounds are fired just in one day which would work out to more than 4,000,000 a year just at that range.
There's a reason that we measure crimes by using crime statistics. It's because not every gunshot constitutes a crime.
This may be the best way to measure gun violence in America
Well, if you REALLY want to count the number of gunshots and compare that to gun crimes you might want to include the data from public and private ranges too where people practice, train and compete. If you think 165,500 gunshots over 62 municipalities in a year is a lot then you'd better sit down when you hear how many rounds are fired at just one range here in Tucson. At the Southeast Regional Park there are 30 tables open from 8-5 four days a week. On a Saturday or Sunday most, if not all, tables will be occupied all day and few shooters will go through less than 20 rounds while most will go through more than 100. A conservative estimate would be that over 20,000 rounds are fired just in one day which would work out to more than 4,000,000 a year just at that range.
There's a reason that we measure crimes by using crime statistics. It's because not every gunshot constitutes a crime.