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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by epicureanideal on Thursday May 26, 2022 @01:51AM (#31515090)
> There are roughly a million violent crimes a year

Source? Seems low.

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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by zmgsabst on Thursday May 26, 2022 @01:56AM (#31515133)
Those numbers are (roughly) in line with FBI statistics, from 500,000 to 1,500,000 depending on if you include assaults.

https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/crime/ucr.asp?table_in=2

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