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More Young Americans Now Die From Guns Than Cars
forbes.com ^
| 8/26/2015
| dan diamond
Posted on 09/03/2015 7:55:01 AM PDT by rktman
The United States is one of the greatest nations in the world. But compared to our peers, were one of the worst when it comes to gun violence.
In America, you can be shot at an elementary school. You can be murdered at a church or movie theatre.
You can even be executed on live TV and yet theres no real expectation of gun reform.
Gun-related violence and death is a real public health problem in America, researchers say. And these three charts illustrate why.
1. Gun-related deaths in America wildly outpace our peer nations
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: 2a; antiamerican; automobiledeaths; banglist; cap; guncontrol; gundeaths; liberalagenda; liberalinsanity
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Hey asshat. There are NO peer nations. Idiot. And, you forgot the tired old meme of "With a gun in the house, there is a 15,000% more chance you'll get shot." Looks like this clown has been studying the Gun Violence Messaging guide book.
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posted on
09/03/2015 7:55:01 AM PDT
by
rktman
To: rktman
Alternate translation: Americans Show Love of Mother Earth by Switching to Mass Transit
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posted on
09/03/2015 7:56:48 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: rktman
I just simply do not believe the assertion.
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posted on
09/03/2015 7:56:55 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: rktman
IF the stats are correct ... it is because of better operating cars being driven by better trained and operating operators and NOT by denying driver’s licenses and forbidding the manufacturing and sale of automobiles.
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posted on
09/03/2015 7:57:33 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
To: rktman
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posted on
09/03/2015 7:58:11 AM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(RINOs EARNED TRUMP! I prefer Cruz, but someone has to kick their A$$!)
To: BenLurkin
Alternate
translation headline: (Need more coffee)
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posted on
09/03/2015 7:58:55 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: rktman
Well Dan, if you don’t like it feel free to move to one of those other “peer” nations.
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posted on
09/03/2015 7:59:33 AM PDT
by
LambSlave
To: rktman
If this guy thinks gun violence is bad in the US now, wait until he sees what happens when government tries to take them away ...
To: rktman
A gun puts a 78 year old, 98 pound woman on equal footing with a 6 foot 5, 300 pound thug. Its called FREEDOM.
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posted on
09/03/2015 8:01:52 AM PDT
by
subterfuge
(Minneseeota: the laughingstock of the nation - for lots of reasons!)
To: rktman
What the headline should have been:
Godless, atheist Obama fans on murderous rampage in America - Prepare to defend yourselves!
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posted on
09/03/2015 8:02:53 AM PDT
by
Perseverando
(For Progressives, Islamonazis & Totalitarians: It's all about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
To: rktman
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posted on
09/03/2015 8:03:26 AM PDT
by
envisio
(I ain't here long... I'm out of napalm and .22 bullets.)
To: knarf
Diamond cites the Center for American Progress as his source.
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posted on
09/03/2015 8:03:27 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
09/03/2015 8:05:42 AM PDT
by
nascarnation
(Impeach, convict, deport)
To: knarf
Perhaps air bags on all firearms?
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posted on
09/03/2015 8:06:33 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to deprive me of mine. Kinda weird.)
To: nascarnation
"I'm crushing your head..I'm crushing your head."
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posted on
09/03/2015 8:06:48 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: subterfuge
In this delusional liberal’s fantasy world, the thug has a right to terrorize the elderly woman.
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posted on
09/03/2015 8:07:06 AM PDT
by
envisio
(I ain't here long... I'm out of napalm and .22 bullets.)
To: Olog-hai
It doesn't matter ...We Americans no longer have scripture as a basis for reason, understanding and speech patterns
A few day's bible reading and you'd be amazed at how you think and write.
That attempt at a negative headline was a positive for good guns in trained hands .... MORE of them in fact
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posted on
09/03/2015 8:07:14 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
To: rktman
In America, you can be shot at an elementary school. You can be murdered at a church or movie theatre. Too many "gun-free" zones in America.
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posted on
09/03/2015 8:07:34 AM PDT
by
TheDon
(BO must be replaced immediately for the good of the nation and the world!)
To: rktman
Read the original article he’s using as a source - he’s “cherry picking” & manipulating (i.e. he’s using all gun deaths & traffic accident #s & attributing them to ‘young people’ to make his meme work). http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/01/americas-top-killing-machine/384440/
Though even as fatal transportation incidents dropped in 2013, they accounted for two in five fatalities in the workplace in the United States that year, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
CDC data on firearms offers a more complicated picture, in part because of how the agency categorizes causes of death. Gun deaths can include suicides, homicides, accidental firearms discharges, and even legal killingsbut the overall data picture is incomplete.
It’s also true that as the gun homicide rate has declined in the United States, suicides now account for the majority of gun deaths, according to Pew.
Today, overall accidents are the fifth leading cause of death, according to CDC data. Americans are most likely to die from heart diseasefollowed by cancer, chronic respiratory disease, and stroke.
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posted on
09/03/2015 8:08:32 AM PDT
by
Qiviut
(Stand up for Jesus, ye soldiers of the cross; lift high his royal banner, it must not loss)
To: rktman
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posted on
09/03/2015 8:11:27 AM PDT
by
Fiddlstix
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