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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

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To: rktman

If more young Americans had the means to buy a car the death rates would self adjust to a proper rate.

The .gov overseers have made this happen by placing many obstructions to employment for America’s youth.

In the meantime the illegals are picking up the slack in the traffic fatalities statistics because they get jobs and vehicles.


21 posted on 09/03/2015 8:11:51 AM PDT by fudimo
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America doesn’t have a gun problem. America has a primarily “blacks with guns problem”. It would be accurate to say that “minorities with guns” are the problem in America. 80% or more of all gun crimes in America are committed by Black males of a specific age group. It is the elephant in the room that no ones dares bring up. The reality is that if we could get and keep all weapons out of the hands of minorities, America’s gun/crime statistics would look like Sweden overnight.

So far only Bloomberg has had the courage to actually say this. Of course that turd wants everybody’s guns and is simply starting at the most obvious place. He would never be content to stop there with the problem solved. We need to push back on the insanity of disarming the law abiding to lower the #’s of criminals killing each other and their victims.


22 posted on 09/03/2015 8:13:04 AM PDT by 1malumprohibitum
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I always like to see what the credentials and writings are of an author for the simple reason of finding out where they are coming from. Dan Diamond is a 'contributor' to Forbes Magazine and looking at his list of articles appears to be an enthusiast for Obamacare and sports.

This is his listed 'Bio' from the Forbes website;
I'm the executive editor of the Advisory Board's Daily Briefing, a popular health care newsletter that goes out to more than 150,000 subscribers. I'm also a blogger for ESPN's TrueHoop Network, a columnist at California Healthline, and a social media junkie. Posts are eclectic; views are personal.

23 posted on 09/03/2015 8:13:09 AM PDT by SES1066 (Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
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Meaningless statistic. Eliminate blacks murdering and the number is cut in half.


24 posted on 09/03/2015 8:14:11 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country)
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To: rktman

Says something about our economy. The young for the most part aren’t buying cars.


25 posted on 09/03/2015 8:14:26 AM PDT by listenhillary (Courts, law enforcement, roads and national defense should be the extent of government)
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How many of the gun deaths were suicides? How many were criminal on criminal violence? How may were felons shot while committing crimes or fleeing from the police?

Statistics like this mean nothing without further breakdown of the numbers. One reason why gun deaths are so concentrated among young adults is that the overwhelming majority of violent crime is committed by young males. You can reduce the rate of violent crime all you want. It doesn't change who it is that perpetrates violent crime. These numbers don't mean jack s**t.

CC

26 posted on 09/03/2015 8:16:33 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Sufficient unto the day are the troubles therof)
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And many more die from abortions. Does Forbes want something done about that?


27 posted on 09/03/2015 8:17:06 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Restore Liberty!)
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Thousands more children die by drowning in swimming pools per year. We should ban swimming pools!

30,000 gun deaths per year, 21,000 of which are suicides, means we must ban guns!

1.3M abortions per year means it is “rare.”

Hypocrisy thy name is Democrat.


28 posted on 09/03/2015 8:19:28 AM PDT by CSM (White wine sipping, caviar munching, Georgetown cocktail circuit circulating, Perrier conservative.)
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“no, really- it actually is thiiiiis short!”

CC


29 posted on 09/03/2015 8:19:34 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Sufficient unto the day are the troubles therof)
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To: rktman

Because so many more of our Afro bros have guns than cars.


30 posted on 09/03/2015 8:19:56 AM PDT by Ace the Biker (I wasn't born in Texas but I got here as fast as I could.)
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To: listenhillary

We also need to take into account the fact that young people are not car centric like we all were back in the day. My whole young life revolved around cars..Now kids are intersted in the internet and social media more than they are about cars.


31 posted on 09/03/2015 8:20:42 AM PDT by BRK
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"Eliminate blacks murdering and the number is cut in half." Eliminate blacks murdering each other and the number is cut in half. In this case I don't want it to stop
32 posted on 09/03/2015 8:26:26 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 ((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
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If you take out black & illegal immigrant murders what is the rate?

Pray America is waking


33 posted on 09/03/2015 8:29:27 AM PDT by bray (Trump and Cruz to the White House)
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More Young Americans Now Die From Guns Than Cars

Bullcrap! More young black Americans die at the hands of other young black Americans. Nobody dies from guns...they die from being shot by people who have no respect for the value of life...not even their own life.

34 posted on 09/03/2015 8:32:10 AM PDT by pgkdan (But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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“young Americans”=the children=gangbangers


35 posted on 09/03/2015 8:38:22 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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Most of these "young Americans" are "teens" who die at the hands of other "teens" in da hood. None of the guns are legal. So, of course, the answer that will stop all of these deaths is to confiscate all the guns from the people who own them legally and would only use them to defend themselves against people who have illegal guns.
Young Americans who point guns at cops and young cops who are shot by hugs with illegal gunsare also a part of this sad statistic that shows that citizens must be deprived of the means of self defense. Police should probably be disarmed, too, except, of course for Federales.
36 posted on 09/03/2015 8:42:22 AM PDT by arthurus (It's true.)
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Number of deaths for leading causes of death
•Heart disease: 611,105
•Cancer: 584,881
•Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 149,205
•Accidents (unintentional injuries): 130,557
•Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 128,978
•Alzheimer’s disease: 84,767
•Diabetes: 75,578
•Influenza and Pneumonia: 56,979
•Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 47,112
•Intentional self-harm (suicide): 41,149

Since the leading cause is heart disease we need to eliminate all hearts.


37 posted on 09/03/2015 8:44:49 AM PDT by maddog55 (America Rising a new Civil War needs to happen.)
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No matter how you look at it, the death rate world wide remains at 100%. When will the u.n. address that one?


38 posted on 09/03/2015 8:47:49 AM PDT by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to deprive me of mine. Kinda weird.)
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Dan Diamond needs to do an honest comparison...

Compare black violence in American to black violence in Africa.

Then compare white violence to white violence in Europe.

Compare Hispanic violence in South American to Hispanic violence in the United States. I suspect in an honest comparison we do quite well as a country... ALL of us.

Dan Diamond needs to walk over to the local college - sit down with a Math Professor crunch some numbers and look at reality.

If Dan Diamond wants to be dishonest in a whole new way he can compare our ‘average’ violence as a nation to Africa... We'll look great. Or he can be dishonest in his usual way and compare our ‘average’ to the least violent European nation...

dan diamond - loser with a liberal agenda

39 posted on 09/03/2015 9:03:51 AM PDT by GOPJ (Immigration, World Poverty and Gumballs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPjzfGChGlE)
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If gums are so dangerous then the Secret Service should disarm immediately.


40 posted on 09/03/2015 9:15:33 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
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