While I support gun rights, I do have to suggest that those "studies" about prevented crimes use numbers that were pulled from their asses.
On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 7:02 PM, fmiser via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Scott wrote: > > > Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the U.S., > > after heart disease and cancer, causing at least 250,000 deaths > > every year,... vs Cars: 30,000 (presumably nearly all are > > accidents) vs Guns: 30,000 (but 2/3 are suicides and some of the > > remaining 10K are lawful, proper acts) > > Again quoting from that earlier posted "virtual president" article: > > ...studies show that firearms prevent anywhere from 800,000 to > over two million violent crimes every year. > > It goes on to say that guns prevent 100 times more violent crimes > than deaths caused by guns. > > That could be stated as a 1% risk. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
