RE: All Hail the Second Amendment
January 12, 2015 at 5:57 pm
(This post was last modified: January 12, 2015 at 6:08 pm by Chas.)
(January 12, 2015 at 5:45 pm)Minimalist Wrote: You might have just checked the link. It contains a link to The Economist's story.
http://www.economist.com/news/united-sta...rsvbullets
I did read it. You'll note the numbers are projections, not actual data.
And let's compare apples and apples. A tiny fraction of firearms deaths are accidental, a large majority are suicide.
Automobile deaths are almost entirely accidental due to the stupidity of drivers and the cupidity of manufacturers.
Only half of suicides are due to firearms. How many of those would occur without firearms? Not all, but not none. Most?
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