Questions tagged [guns]
Questions about a tubular weapon or other device designed to discharge projectiles or other material.
109 questions
3
votes
0
answers
3k
views
Should an exit wound have been expected on Charlie Kirk?
According to Raw Story, Andrew Kolvet tweeted
I want to address some of the discussion about the lack of an exit wound with Charlie.[...]
[...]
I mentioned to his doctor that there were dozens of ...
- 1,510
11
votes
1
answer
3k
views
Were X-rays of Gazan children with bullets in their heads faked?
The New York Times has published a guest essay entitled "65 Doctors, Nurses and Paramedics: What We Saw in Gaza". The article features three photographs of x-rays showing bullets in the head ...
- 1,231
-2
votes
1
answer
678
views
Has Tim Walz ever supported a semi-automatic rifle ban?
The Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus says this on their website:
Governor Walz has also called on a complete BAN on magazines holding more than 10 rounds and has previously supported bans on semi-...
- 4,375
3
votes
2
answers
596
views
Do handgun rounds liquify tissue and powder bone?
This question asks about whether AR15 rounds pulverize/liquify.
The original quote from a 12 Apr 2023 ABC nightly news segment on the 2023 Louisville Shooting (in which an AR-15 style rifle was used), ...
- 197
0
votes
2
answers
961
views
Does an AR-15 rifle round liquefy tissue and powder bone?
In a 12 Apr 2023 ABC nightly news segment on the 2023 Louisville Shooting (in which an AR-15 style rifle was used), they included a segment of a press conference with Dr Jason Smith, Chief Medical ...
- 197
30
votes
4
answers
12k
views
Has a weapon functionally equivalent to the AR-15 been available for U.S. civilian purchase since 1907?
According to a (since-deleted) widely shared LinkedIn post (emphasis added):
A hundred and twelve years ago, in 1907...our great grandparents were first able to buy the rifle pictured. The semi-auto ...
- 10.6k
49
votes
4
answers
16k
views
Are guns the number one killer of children in the US?
Joe Biden, in his speech on June 2, said that guns are the number one killer of children, even more than car accidents. Is this claim true?
According to new data just released by the Centers for ...
- 563
74
votes
3
answers
15k
views
Is America “the only nation where this [a mass shooting] regularly happens”?
The Onion, a satirical newspaper, re-uses a headline each time a mass shooting occurs in the US:
“No Way To Prevent This,” Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens
Most recently for the ...
- 1,521
0
votes
1
answer
616
views
Were law enforcement officers (LEOs) standing around doing nothing during the Uvalde shooting? [closed]
I have seen numerous news sources claim that for over half an hour LEOs were on site of the shooting but doing nothing.
From NPR:
Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw told reporters that ...
- 226
7
votes
0
answers
466
views
Is the number of "ghost guns" in the US increasing?
The White House and media have recently claimed the following:
Law enforcement officers across the country increasingly find there is no way to trace certain guns they recover from crime scenes. [...
- 171
17
votes
1
answer
3k
views
Did a school or college in the United States ban backpacks after a shooting?
There's a story going around that an unnamed college in the United States banned backpacks after a shooting.
The lack of details is suspicious and it looks more like a wrongly-captioned prank at a ...
- 485
33
votes
2
answers
13k
views
Did about 150 die from gun violence in the US during the 4th of July weekend 2021?
CNN reports
At least 150 people were killed by gun violence in more than 400 shootings across the country during the Fourth of July weekend
Ref: CNN.com
In the article this data is based on data ...
- 11.5k
53
votes
4
answers
10k
views
Did the 2nd Amendment limit the purchase of cannons from the day it was passed?
Joe Biden says in a BBC snippet that
the Second Amendment, from the day it was passed, limited the type of people that could own a gun and what type of weapon you could own. You couldn't buy a cannon....
- 66.1k
42
votes
3
answers
14k
views
Do the murder statistics of 5 cities bring the USA to the 3rd highest country, from 189th? [closed]
I'd like to know if the claims about murders are accurate.
The "3rd in murders" is clearly referring to absolute deaths by murder, as it can be seen here, USA holds the 96th position for ...
- 2,440
3
votes
1
answer
712
views
Have 82 officers been charged for on-duty shootings since 2005?
Multiple news sources ranging from 2 years ago to now, such as CNN, NBC, New York Magazine, PBS, Salon, Vox, and NPR mention that between 2005 and May 2017, around 80 police officers have been charged ...
- 14.3k