William T Goodall wrote:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usguns/Story/0,,1736424,00.html?gusrc=rss
"A child is killed by a gun every three hours in America. According to
the latest statistics, nearly 1,000 children under 19 are shot dead
every year. Another 800 use guns to commit suicide, and more than 160
die in firearm accidents.
Forty per cent of American households own guns, but those guns are 22
times more likely to be involved in an accidental shooting, or 11 times
more likely to be used in a suicide, than in self-defence. On average,
more than 80 Americans are killed by gunfire every day."
The Hutto City Council is considering a ban on firing guns within city
limits and banning the display of guns.
Not that that affects anyone likely to be reading this (and doesn't
affect me, as I'm outside the city limits and likely to remain so for a
good long time)....
Julia
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