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CDC Report: 35,369 Vehicle Accident Deaths, 505 Gun Accident Deaths
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| 5/1/2015
| AWR Hawkins
Posted on 05/02/2015 5:05:18 PM PDT by rktman
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To: rktman
I recently read that medical malpractice in the USA kills something like 110,000 people a year.
To: urbanpovertylawcenter
I like that reply. A gun in my house is one that cannot hurt anyone unless he or she intends to hurt me or mine.
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posted on
05/02/2015 6:53:57 PM PDT
by
BatGuano
(You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)
To: rktman
Amy new stats on deaths by doctor’s incompetence?
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posted on
05/02/2015 6:57:23 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
To: alancarp
“Pardon me for asking the rude question, but since when was the CDC interested in deaths from causes that are clearly not diseases??”
Like any bureaucracy, they wish to grow. “Medicallizing” all aspects of life give them immense fields of growth. Because there is nothing that cannot be claimed to affect health or safety, all life becomes subject to their power.
They have been doing it for quite a while. When criminoligists found that “gun control” was not effective, and that benefits of gun ownership might be greater than the costs, the proponents of citizen disarmament attempted to transform it to a “public health” issue. That way they have eliminated rigorous inquiry and have avoided considering negative effects of their proposals.
A great deal of Bloomberg’s money is going into this attempt.
To: rktman
The 505 number is high.
From many jurisdictions, it probably includes the “stray bullet”.
From less honest cities, it may also include those struck by gunfire intended for someone else.
I would like to see the numbers of actual reports filed by legal gun owners under the (truly) Accidental Discharge category. I’ll bet that number is miniscule.
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posted on
05/02/2015 7:27:46 PM PDT
by
bakeneko
To: bakeneko
The 505 number is high.Wonder how many were self-inflicted, and of those how many were actually suicides.
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posted on
05/02/2015 7:31:50 PM PDT
by
tacticalogic
("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: tacticalogic
Conflating the issue of accidental discharges with suicide only strengthens the CDC’s quest to remove more firearms.
Suicides that have demonstrable causes or ‘reasons’ are by definition not accidental.
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posted on
05/02/2015 7:39:36 PM PDT
by
bakeneko
To: ClearCase_guy
High-capacity assault cars are the real problem.
They can take my Chevy when they can pry the steering wheel from my cold dead fingers.
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posted on
05/02/2015 7:47:13 PM PDT
by
Impala64ssa
(You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
To: bakeneko
I wonder how many motorcycle accidents/deaths per year?
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posted on
05/02/2015 7:47:22 PM PDT
by
umgud
(Criminals, not guns, drive the crime rates.)
To: bakeneko
Conflating the issue of accidental discharges with suicide only strengthens the CDCs quest to remove more firearms.I know. And I wouldn't put it past them to do that, but there will be cases where there isn't definitive evidence of one or the other.
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posted on
05/02/2015 7:50:54 PM PDT
by
tacticalogic
("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: kanawa
I wonder what percentage of each are alcohol related? It is my understanding is about 1/3 - one every 52 minutes.
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posted on
05/02/2015 8:25:41 PM PDT
by
QT3.14
("What Washington Needs is Adult Supervision" - Zero, 2007 campaign)
To: rktman; All
Great post; thread. Thanks.
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posted on
05/02/2015 8:27:50 PM PDT
by
PGalt
To: rktman
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posted on
05/02/2015 9:15:06 PM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: QT3.14
See my #20, and Mark Twain’s #26 about “alcohol related”.
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posted on
05/02/2015 9:48:38 PM PDT
by
Don W
( When most riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When Whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
To: marktwain
...the proponents of citizen disarmament attempted to transform it to a public health issue. Yep. That way, the CDC can say there is an "epidemic of..." (whatever) and declare "something needs to be done!
Panic the herd, then steer them over the cliff...
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posted on
05/02/2015 9:52:53 PM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: Lonely Bull
At the same time, though, don't think that "progressives" aren't seeking to control motor vehicles. Much of the effort is in the name of safety. Yep. They want automatic braking so you can't run the checkpoints...
Leave my auto manual, please.
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posted on
05/02/2015 9:55:19 PM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: kitchen
I remember those days. Many have no clue how much freedom we have lost since then.
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posted on
05/02/2015 9:56:35 PM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: ClearCase_guy
High-capacity assault cars are the real problem. No one needs that much transportation.We can only take half of the grandkids to the Dairy Queen in the Suburban...(Which is why we have two).
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posted on
05/02/2015 9:58:57 PM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: rktman
This is a ridiculous comparison. You might as well compare murders by gun with murders by car. I’m sure that’s just as skewed in the other direction.
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posted on
05/02/2015 11:08:23 PM PDT
by
VanShuyten
("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
To: rktman
To heck with them and what they want. It’s all about what we want!
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posted on
05/03/2015 1:48:30 AM PDT
by
Birdsbane
("Onward through the fog!" ... Oat Willie)
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