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Originally posted by MagiK:
Vasky, you better look up your stats again [img]smile.gif[/img] A while ago I posted statistics from the US CDC on the number and cause of deaths.
The Presses and publicly touted number of gun deaths are almost always exagerated by a factor of 10 (literally! press says 30,000 actual number was 3 - 4 thousand.). bathtubs and water kill far more americans than guns do, and the per capita firearm related death is only vastly higher than the UK's if you include gun suicide deaths in the statistic.
If I have time Ill post the CDC link again...the CDC is going to be the closest thing you can find in the USA to an unbiased source of numbers. They are primarily disease oriented but ended up with the task of tracking the cause of death in the US from all sources and causes. [/QB]
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I'll save you the time magik. [img]smile.gif[/img]
Here's the link
I'll even quote the relevant paragraph:
"In 1999 a total of 28,874 persons died from firearm injuries in the United States, down nearly 6 percent from the 30,625 deaths in 1998."
[ 01-16-2003, 11:14 AM: Message edited by: Donut ]