How about dealing with Medical Malpractice, 195,000 at least in 2004: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/11856.php
But the AMA jumps on the anti-gun bandwagon: http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2001/12/17/edca1217.htm Despite the number of total deaths for the most recent year available (2001) being only 29,573 http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/glance/tables/frmdth.htm And accidents under 1000, which, considering there are over 200M firearms in the US, is a paltry accident rate. Physicians, heal thyselves. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 2:02 PM > To: Richard M. Smith > Cc: funsec@linuxbox.org > Subject: Re: [funsec] The right to bear arms & make salad > > On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:55:31 CDT, "Richard M. Smith" said: > > > In the US (population c. 298.5m) there were an estimated 16,137 > > homicides in > > 2004 (FBI, 2006a) - a rate of about 5.4 per 100,000. Of > these, 10,654 > > were carried out with guns (FBI, 2006b). > > How many people died in car crashes in 2004? > > How many people died from tobacco and alcohol related issues in 2004? > > How many people died from weight-related issues in 2004? > > If we're looking at banning stuff because people are dying, > let's at least save more lives by banning cars, tobacco, > alcohol, and fat people. > _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
