They make lots of assumptions:
"These people — had they lived — would have contributed as any other individual as productive members of society. Their deaths represent a loss that can be quantified," he told The Associated Press.
Wennmann said the report was based on figures compiled by international organizations and national authorities.
Like IANSA. A completely unbiased source.
Another factoid.
The report claims "at least 490,000 people are killed in armed crimes each year worldwide".
In the US? About 15,000/year.
3.1%
That's half of what IANSA claims are killed each year by firearms alone in the US.
They seem to be padding their numbers . The "Small Arms Survey", the other party in the report states on their site:
About 200,000–270,000 non-conflict-related firearm deaths occur each year throughout the world. These include firearm homicide, firearm suicide, and unintentional shooting deaths.
That would be closer to the IANSA numbers as noted .
The US accounts for 40-50% of civilian firearm ownership in the world.
Seems the US isn't having as many troubles.
War on Guns has more.
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"The report claims "at least 490,000 people are killed in armed crimes each year worldwide"."
And how many of those are killed by government thugs?
"These people — had they lived — would have contributed as any other individual as productive members of society."
Uhm... this kinda sorta assumes that all people are equally productive in society. Having checked out several posts on several of these interweb blog thingies and occassionally peeking inside a newspaper, I would have to argue that point.
These folks are aware that, depending on locale, between 60% and 90% of murder "victims" have a violent felony on their rap sheets? Not to put too fine a point on it, but such people would not have a great likelihood of generating 3 million in productivity in their lifetime.
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