Ppppppppppppffffffffffffttttttttttt!!!
Sorry, that's the sound I make when milk comes out of my nose. :lol:
I discovered that each number is "clickable."
I did a little (very minor) research. "Mass shootings committed by CHP holders" means at least three not counting suicides. That reduces the number of CHP holders who
allegedly committed murder to 189
at most.
Also, while not explicitly stated, the following statement leads me to believe that suicides are counted, so we can reduce the 'murder' count by another 24 as listed.
Violence Policy Center said:
The following vignettes describe the circumstances for all killings by individuals with permits to
carry concealed handguns (private citizen, law enforcement, mass shootings, murder-suicide).
The descriptions include the current, known status of any charges filed against the permit holder
as well as noting instances where the perpetrator committed suicide.
That means we are down to
165 murders. Again, this is the
maximum number of murders possible from the information easily available. Of course, if we went into detail on the mass murderers, I am confident that we would see at least one case in which there were in fact
more than three people killed by a single individual, which would continue to reduce the number. To sum up, there were
no more than 165 CHP holders who committed murder. How many murders have been committed since May 2007?
41,388.
16,929 in 2007.
16,272 in 2008.
15,241 in 2009. If we multiply 2007's offenses by 7/12 (accounting for June through December assuming an even distribution of murder throughout the year) we get 9,875.
So, (16,929*7/12)+16,272+15,241=41,388
By the way,
that doesn't even count the 10+ months of 2010.
But to be fair, we don't know how many were multiple murders. (Though we do know that these do not include suicides or justifiable homicides). Therefore, we'll take the full number provided by VPC, which is 213, if you'll recall. Hmm...213 vs 41,388. That seems like a fairly large disparity to me, but hey, we've done the math so far. Let's continue. Let's figure out what percentage of murders were committed by CHP holders.
213/41388=0.0051464....you get the idea. Just over one half of one percent of all murders were committed by CHP holders. We can reasonably assume that if 2010 data were included, the number would be well under 0.5%.
But wait!
Then we click on the actual cases-I only looked at the top five in detail. One was clearly an (albeit, stupid) accident. One was still pending, in which the suspect claims self defense against her LE husband, with some questionable circumstances. The other three appear to be clear cut cases of murder. One was the murder of a LEO at a routine traffic stop, one was a multiple murder of ten people along with the suicide of the shooter, and one was an argument over domestic issues in a parking lot with a reckless homicide conviction.
But then I noticed a pattern, and instead of reading the next several, I just glanced.
What, to my surprise, did I see? "Pending...Pending...Pending..." I don't know how many of these are legitimate and not self defense, accidents, suicides, etc. Even assuming every single one was a true murder with no justification/mitigating circumstances, you've seen the numbers above.
Remember everyone..."There are lies, damn lies, and statistics."