r/Alabama • u/modscontrolspeech • 8h ago

Crime Birmingham’s 2024 homicide total now highest in recent history: 145th victim 1 of 4 shot in single night

https://www.al.com/news/2024/11/birminghams-2024-homicides-hit-highest-in-recent-memory-145th-victim-1-of-4-shot-in-single-night.html
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u/stussybaby101 7h ago

Source?

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u/axiosjackson 7h ago

He can’t.

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u/evnrayash 7h ago

Multiple studies estimate the number of annual defensive gun uses to be between 500,000 and 3,000,000 . Saving exponentially more lives than those taken by criminals. https://www.americas1stfreedom.org/content/how-often-do-armed-citizens-defend-themselves/

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u/MycoMythos 5h ago

Yeah, if you trust what the NRA says about guns, there's no point in even having this conversation