Except that deaths as a result of guns per se is 10.26 per 100,000 population which with a population of 301,139,947 (July 2007) equates to 30,897 deaths.
Take a country like the England which doesn't allow everyone to own guns and a gun death rate of 0.38 per 100,000 and a population of 60,776,238 equates to 231 deaths. Expanding that to the US population would result in 1144 deaths per annum for guns. Your matter of principle caused an extra 29,753 deaths. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pete Theisen Sent: 03 January 2008 23:57 To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [OT] Find out how you fair against the crop of wannna bees On Thursday 03 January 2008 17:31, Stephen Russell wrote: > http://glassbooth.org/ Hi Stephen! "My position on the Second Amendment to the Constitution is as clear for me as the position held by most journalists toward the 1st Amendment. While I do not consider myself a "gun nut," I proudly own a variety of firearms and enjoy hunting as well as sports shooting. But even if I were not a hunter or did not enjoy shooting, I would still be a firm believer in the 2nd Amendment right of Americans to own firearms for self-protection and as a matter of principle. There are 700,000 physicians in the US and the number of accidental deaths caused by them per year is 120,000, making the accidental death rate per physician 17%. Using the same logic, there are about 80 million gun owners, and the number of accidental gun deaths per year among all age groups is 1,500. The same calculation reveals the number of accidental deaths per gun owner to be 0.00188%. In other words, statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 more times more dangerous than gun owners. Yet, I hear no one suggesting we ban doctors." >From Hope to Higher Ground, by Mike Huckabee, p.126-127 Jan 4, 2007 Amazing, just amazing. -- Regards, Pete http://www.pete-theisen.com/ [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
