Posted on 11/15/2017 8:47:31 AM PST by mikelets456
In a single evening, and at the hand of a single man, shootings at Mandalay Bay in Los Vegas added more than 500 to the pool of Americans who have to be treated for gun injuries.
The cost of these wounds cannot be calcuated. Beyond the financial expense, the societal and emotional expenses are difficult to imagine.
But researchers have quantified one corner of the problem: hospital expenses. Gunshot wounds cost Americans $2.8 billion in hospital bills alone per year, according to a new analysis published in the journal Health Affairs, released coincidentally a day after the Las Vegas attack. That amount is more than 18 times last year’s National Endowment for the Arts.
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More people die in hospitals from infections and their piss poor infection control procedures (or lack thereof) than from firearms. But no concern about that, right? Hospitals=death factories.
Back in the 1950’s street gangs did not use guns very much. They were harder to come by and more expensive. Consequently, knives and clubs were more often the weapon of choice for street gangs.
And not just any guns, but high quality military guns, up to and including semi-automatic anti-tank cannons and anti-aircraft guns.
Guns were absolutely more available in the 1950’s than they are today.
But... Violence was not accepted. Christianity and Christian values saturated society. The Constitution was respected and taught in school.
There was little national media, and it was much less political than today.
Well, we could start saving money by eliminating the National Endowment for the Arts........
Or Doctors! Death by medical treatment is the #1 cause of deaths in America:-)
But what is the cost OUTSIDE of Chicago?........................”
But how much do/did the anchor babys cost us STILL ???
“That amount is more than 18 times last year’s National Endowment for the Arts.”
I’m convinced. Abolish the NEA.
How many people save their lives with guns, huh? Sorry, I didn’t hear you.
Right?! I was going to say this amount is for Chicago alone. With all the theft going on it really wouldn’t surprise me.
Freedom is not free.
The cost of criminals doing crimes!
And automobiles?......
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