I'd prefer relatively neutral sources for the data, like the FBI Crime Stats for firearm stats or the NITSA or NIIHS for the vehicle information.
On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > I never said handguns == cars. > > In 2008 firearms caused 10.8 deaths per 100,000 - http://bit.ly/xRmGzM > In 2008 automobile accidents caused 12.30 per 100,000 - > http://1.usa.gov/xBkg0V > > (And I will state now that I did not go check the political > affiliation of the group in the first link- so Larry may not like it > :D ) > > Intent of design or intent of user aside, in 2008 automobile accidents > were the cause of death for about the same number of people as > firearms - the stats pretty much show that. > > Again, I am not so much anti-gun control. I am anti-bad gun control. > Most gun control measures I have seen would impact law abiding > citizens attempting to buy a gun. They would have little or no effect > on the illegal procurement of weapons - kind of like SOPA/PIPA would > have no real effect on piracy, but would/could cause trouble for law > abiding Internet users. > > If a gun control measure was introduced that truly limited illegal > procurement of weapons, I would be all for it. > > I am not sure if the stats exist - I did a brief search but came up > with nothing - but I wonder how many of those firearm related deaths > were from illegally obtained weapons - the ones that gun control laws > would have no effect on. > > On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 11:02 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 9:59 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Aw..shucks...I am really feeling the love...you guys and gals sure are >>> swell.... >>> >> >> Now if i could only get you to retire that silly "hand guns = cars" >> argument, we'd be best buds :) >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:347623 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
