I wonder how this compares to other accidental deaths of teens under 19 by other means. 900+ deaths from firearms looks daunting when viewed on its own...
Damon. ------------------------------------------------------------ Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum." http://www.geocities.com/garrand.geo/index.html Now Building: Trumpeter's Marder I auf GW 38(h) Sent from my BlackBerry wireless handheld. ------------------------------------------------------------ Sent from my BlackBerry wireless handheld. -----Original Message----- From: William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 13:41:44 To:Brin-L <[email protected]> Subject: Guns 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." -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." - Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949 _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l .
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