>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.
Irrelevant statistics, Adam. No offense to our friends the Brits, but most
Americans (other than Ds) would rather not live in such a nanny state. Even
though they may have a slightly lower chance of being shot, the cost to the
soul is far too great.
Beyond that, the statistic is incomplete. Accidental deaths are the only ones
we are discussing because if someone is bent on killing another, he (or she)
will use available weaponry. OJ did not need a gun. We may have a more
violent society as we are not as homogenous as Britain... although it is
changing for them as well and crime is on the rise.
The statistic not quoted is the number of lives saved because the person was
armed when attacked. Many, particularly on the left who believe all things do
and should come from the government, including protection, do not like it when
people take it upon themselves to protect themselves. Look at the story of
Bernard Getz who was attacked on a subway train in New York City and saved
himself because he had a gun. If he did not have a gun he would have been
dead, but the libs would have been happy and excused his attackers as being
poor, disadvantaged youths. Getz got a year in jail for having this illegal
but necessary protection.
Compare this to the ice cream store operator in Texas who was robbed and chased
the miscreant out into the street, shooting all the while. It was out the that
he inflicted the fatal wound. He was not prosecuted. The prosecutor said he
may have gone a little too far, but no one would convict him and he didn't want
to waste the publics money harrassing him. This is one big reason why our
northeast has a much higher crime rate that the south.
This helped society in many ways. It saved Texas the cost of a trial and
incarceration... and, more importantly, there is one less bad guy to endanger a
store clerk by sticking a gun in his face for money. Then there is the lack of
prosecution sending a message to other wouldbe criminals that they could end up
with a toe tag if they choose to pursue a career of armed robbery.
Keep in mind that the police cannot be everywhere, nor would we want them to be.
--
Larry Miller
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