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bobward@email.com (Bob Ward) wrote in <3794229a.14264316@news.gte.net>:

>On Tue, 20 Jul 1999 03:35:16 GMT, MelissaP@Bdimensional.com (Melissa)
>wrote:
>
>>bobward@email.com (Bob Ward) wrote in <37a29ffa.94832870@news.gte.net>:
>>
>>>On Mon, 19 Jul 1999 19:22:43 GMT, MelissaP@Bdimensional.com (Melissa)
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Which has little to do with anything, being 99.994% of all gun owners 
never 
>>>>harm anyone, therefore the RATIONAL approach would be to just catch and 
>>>>punish the .006% who do.
>>>
>>>
>>>When in doubt, make up statistics to bolster your position.
>>
>>Is that what you're doing? Because mine come from the govt.
>>If you can do math, divide the 9600 people killed by gun use every year ( 
>>half of which are suicides & don't count because they woulda just used 
>>something else, but I'll be generous ) by 70 million gun owners.
>>
>
>Would you care to share the "government" source for your statistics?
>
>I find :
>>In 1991 firearms were used in 60.1% of all suicides and 67.8% of all 
homicides in the USA. There were 38,317 deaths due to firearms.

Ok, this isn't Burger King but have it your way. What's 38,317/70,000,000?


>> 48.3% of these deaths were suicides,

Which can be disqualified because truly suicidal people ( the ones who 
succeed ) can always find another way, even before guns were invented. 

>>Firearm�related deaths were the fourth leading cause of 
>>years�of�potential�life�lost before age 65.

What a nonsensical invented term, based on idle speculation and statistical 
game playing. 

They actually come out to something like 1% of the deaths in this country. Or 
was it less?

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