It was those principles that helped us get out from the yoke of King George. We decided to put gun ownership into the constitution to prevent another tyrant from taking over.
--- Adam Buckland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
