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<blockquote data-quote="The Other Side" data-source="post: 875883" data-attributes="member: 17969"><p>How about some reality Sat.</p><p></p><p>More Americans were killed by guns than by war in the 20[SUP]<span style="font-size: 10px">th</span>[/SUP] Century.More Americans were killed with guns in the 18-year period between 1979 and 1997 (651,697), than were killed in battle in all wars since 1775 (650,858). And while a sharp drop in gun homicides has contributed to a decline in overall gun deaths since 1993, the 90's will likely exceed the death toll of the 1980s (327,173) and end up being the deadliest decade of the century. By the end of the 1990s, an estimated 350,000 Americans will have been killed in non-military-related firearm incidents during the decade. Handgun Control 12/30/99 (Press release from CDC data) </p><p></p><p></p><p>A classroom is emptied every two days in America by gunfireIn 1998, 3,792 American children and teens (19 and under) died by gunfire in murders, suicides and unintentional shootings. <em>That's more than 10 young people a day.</em> Unpublished data from the Vital Statistics System, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, 2000. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Every day 79 people are killed by firearms in America.In 1999 a total of 28,874 persons died from firearm injuries in the United States, down nearly 6 percent from the 30,625 deaths in 1998.88% of the US population and 80% of US gun owners support childproofing all new handguns.88% of the US population and 80% of US gun owners support childproofing all new handguns. </p><p></p><p>Kids in America are 12 times more likely to be killed by a gun than kids in 25 other industrialized nations combined.The overall firearm-related death rate among U.S. children aged less than 15 years was nearly 12 times higher than among children in 25 other industrialized countries combined. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "Rates of Homicide, Suicide, and Firearm-Related Death Among Children -- 26 Industrialized Countries," Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 46(05): 101-105, February 07, 1997. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Guns stored in the home are used 72% of the time when children are accidentally killed and injured, commit suicide with a firearm.In 72% of unintentional deaths and injuries, suicide, and suicide attempts with a firearm of 0-19 year-olds, the firearm was stored in the residence of the victim, a relative, or a friend. Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center Study, Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, August </p><p></p><p></p><p>Medical costs from gun injuries and deaths cost $19 billion. The US taxpayer will pay half of that cost.Direct medical costs for firearm injuries range from $2.3 billion to $4 billion, and additional indirect costs, such as lost potential earnings, are estimated at $19.0 billion. Miller and Cohen, Textbook of Penetrating Trauma, 1995; American Academy of Pediatrics, 2000; Journal of American Medical Association, June 1995; Annals of Internal Medicine, 1998 </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Seventy percent of suicide attempters decide to kill themselves on an impulse -- less than an hour before their attempt.Ninety percent of people who survive a suicide attempt do not go on to die by suicide. Given these facts about suicide, access to guns likely turns an impulse into a final decision. Miller, Matthew, Hemenway, David, Guns and Suicide in the United States, New England Journal of Medicine 359:10(September 4, 2008):989-991. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>79 people EVERYDAY are killed in the United States by handguns. Thats worse than mexico, but nobody is bitchin about it here.</p><p></p><p>So much for reponsible firearm owners.</p><p></p><p>Peace.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Other Side, post: 875883, member: 17969"] How about some reality Sat. More Americans were killed by guns than by war in the 20[SUP][SIZE=2]th[/SIZE][/SUP] Century.More Americans were killed with guns in the 18-year period between 1979 and 1997 (651,697), than were killed in battle in all wars since 1775 (650,858). And while a sharp drop in gun homicides has contributed to a decline in overall gun deaths since 1993, the 90's will likely exceed the death toll of the 1980s (327,173) and end up being the deadliest decade of the century. By the end of the 1990s, an estimated 350,000 Americans will have been killed in non-military-related firearm incidents during the decade. Handgun Control 12/30/99 (Press release from CDC data) A classroom is emptied every two days in America by gunfireIn 1998, 3,792 American children and teens (19 and under) died by gunfire in murders, suicides and unintentional shootings. [I]That's more than 10 young people a day.[/I] Unpublished data from the Vital Statistics System, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, 2000. Every day 79 people are killed by firearms in America.In 1999 a total of 28,874 persons died from firearm injuries in the United States, down nearly 6 percent from the 30,625 deaths in 1998.88% of the US population and 80% of US gun owners support childproofing all new handguns.88% of the US population and 80% of US gun owners support childproofing all new handguns. Kids in America are 12 times more likely to be killed by a gun than kids in 25 other industrialized nations combined.The overall firearm-related death rate among U.S. children aged less than 15 years was nearly 12 times higher than among children in 25 other industrialized countries combined. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "Rates of Homicide, Suicide, and Firearm-Related Death Among Children -- 26 Industrialized Countries," Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 46(05): 101-105, February 07, 1997. Guns stored in the home are used 72% of the time when children are accidentally killed and injured, commit suicide with a firearm.In 72% of unintentional deaths and injuries, suicide, and suicide attempts with a firearm of 0-19 year-olds, the firearm was stored in the residence of the victim, a relative, or a friend. Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center Study, Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, August Medical costs from gun injuries and deaths cost $19 billion. The US taxpayer will pay half of that cost.Direct medical costs for firearm injuries range from $2.3 billion to $4 billion, and additional indirect costs, such as lost potential earnings, are estimated at $19.0 billion. Miller and Cohen, Textbook of Penetrating Trauma, 1995; American Academy of Pediatrics, 2000; Journal of American Medical Association, June 1995; Annals of Internal Medicine, 1998 Seventy percent of suicide attempters decide to kill themselves on an impulse -- less than an hour before their attempt.Ninety percent of people who survive a suicide attempt do not go on to die by suicide. Given these facts about suicide, access to guns likely turns an impulse into a final decision. Miller, Matthew, Hemenway, David, Guns and Suicide in the United States, New England Journal of Medicine 359:10(September 4, 2008):989-991. 79 people EVERYDAY are killed in the United States by handguns. Thats worse than mexico, but nobody is bitchin about it here. So much for reponsible firearm owners. Peace. [/QUOTE]
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