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Originally posted by Azred:
re: guns and personal safety.
These numbers come directly from the National Vital Statistics Report released on 9 October 2001 for the calendar year 2000. Of course, these numbers are US statistics only.
Total number of deaths due to injury by a firearm: 28,117
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Total number of firearm related deaths in the UK for 1998/99 was 49. In the vernacular - do the Math!
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