I'm having a heck of a time finding statistics on hospital death or medical treatments for the USA Keith. I haven't a clue where to find that. Do you know?
-Mark Hoagy On 1/11/2011 2:18 PM, Keith Addison wrote: >> That's fine Keith > > I certainly don't think so, but if you do I guess that's your business. > >> but motor vehicles here in the USA >> cause far higher deaths. How did that discussion pan out? >> >> -Mark Hoagy > > Yes, we had that discussion too. Small cars got blamed (which means > you'd make no sense whatsoever out of Japan, for one). > > Anyway, have you got some numbers for that? > > I think even more Americans get killed by medical treatment (nearly a > million a year?) - what do you make of that? > > Best > > Keith > > >> On 1/11/2011 11:55 AM, Keith Addison wrote: >>> Hi Hoagy >>> >>>> "If you lack the stability or ability to be a responsible >>>> gun owner, then by all means you should not have one but >>>> don't try to tell me that I can't or shouldn't have one." >>>> >>>> That quote makes sense to me. >>> >>> So then would this also make sense to you? >>> >>> "The US has well over 250 million guns in private hands according to >>> the National Rifle Association. That is more, according to the BBC, >>> than any country in the world. In one year, guns murdered 17 people >>> in Finland, 35 in Australia, 39 in England and Wales, 60 in Spain, >>> 194 in Germany, 200 in Canada, and 9,484 in the United States >>> according to the Brady Campaign." >>> -- Serious Guns and White Terrorism: Two Unasked Questions in Tucson >>> Mass Murder >>> by Bill Quigley, Monday, January 10, 2011, CommonDreams.org >>> http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/01/10 >>> >>> Hm. We've had this discussion here before. Guns lost. >>> >>> Best >>> >>> Keith >>> >>> >>>> I don't plan on going to jail for life. >>>> Losing my temper and shooting up folks doesn't appeal to me. >>>> >>>> -Mark Hoagy >>>> >>>> >>>> On 1/11/2011 10:38 AM, Keith Addison wrote: >>>>> Tue, 11 Jan 2011 >>>>> Foreign Policy In Focus >>>>> >>>>> [World Beat] Gun Crazy >>>>> >>>>> A project of the Institute for Policy Studies >>>>> World Beat >>>>> http://www.fpif.org/worldbeat >>>>> by JOHN FEFFER | Tuesday, January 11, 2011 >>>>> Vol. 6, No. 2 >>>>> >>>>> Gun Crazy >>>>> >>>>> The Pentagon and the National Rifle Association have a lot in common >>>>> these days. They're in love with guns. They maintain powerful >>>>> lobbies. They refuse to acknowledge the dangerous consequences of >>>>> their policies. >>>>> >> >> > And they're both on the defensive. _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/