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Subject Those who want a gun ban it's simple statistics.

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[quote:Anonymous Coward 19156676:MV8yMDgwODg0XzE1RUE2NTAz]
Statistically you are more likely to be killed by a plethora of other maladies than guns.

In the US according to the CDC
    Number of deaths: 2,437,163
    Death rate: 793.8 deaths per 100,000 population
    Life expectancy: 78.5 years
    Infant Mortality rate: 6.39 deaths per 1,000 live births

Number of deaths for leading causes of death:
    Heart disease: 599,413
    Cancer: 567,628
    Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 137,353
    Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 128,842
    Accidents (unintentional injuries): 118,021
    Alzheimer's disease: 79,003
    Diabetes: 68,705
    Influenza and Pneumonia: 53,692
    Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 48,935
    Intentional self-harm (suicide): 36,909

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm

Here are some gun mortality facts
http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/united-states

So you can see death by guns is way more sexy than what really kills Americans. Maybe we should have a debate about these instead. In the end it is all politics. Guns have there place in our society though there is an answer between the extremes of banning them all and giving everyone one. Too bad we won't have a serious debate about it.
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Original Message Statistically you are more likely to be killed by a plethora of other maladies than guns.

In the US according to the CDC
Number of deaths: 2,437,163
Death rate: 793.8 deaths per 100,000 population
Life expectancy: 78.5 years
Infant Mortality rate: 6.39 deaths per 1,000 live births

Number of deaths for leading causes of death:
Heart disease: 599,413
Cancer: 567,628
Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 137,353
Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 128,842
Accidents (unintentional injuries): 118,021
Alzheimer's disease: 79,003
Diabetes: 68,705
Influenza and Pneumonia: 53,692
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 48,935
Intentional self-harm (suicide): 36,909

[link to www.cdc.gov]

Here are some gun mortality facts
[link to www.gunpolicy.org]

So you can see death by guns is way more sexy than what really kills Americans. Maybe we should have a debate about these instead. In the end it is all politics. Guns have there place in our society though there is an answer between the extremes of banning them all and giving everyone one. Too bad we won't have a serious debate about it.

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