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To: rktman

[[And 8,124 of those were committed by firearms.]]

“Alcohol-related highway crashes accounted for 13,365 deaths in 2010”

http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/publications/by_the_numbers/drunk_driving/index.html


13 posted on 09/30/2015 9:54:59 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Bob434

Libmath. Guns killed far more people than automobiles and cars are registered. Or something.


14 posted on 09/30/2015 10:13:42 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: Bob434

Then there is the medical related deaths

From http://www.thecommonsenseshow.com/2013/02/03/death-by-doctor-vs-death-by-firearms/

The Journal American Medical Association

Barbara Starfield

Medical Cause Death Annual Number of Deaths

Deaths from medication errors in hospitals

7,000

Deaths from unnecessary surgeries

12,000

Deaths from other errors in hospitals

20,000

Deaths from infections acquired in hospitals

80,000

Deaths from FDA-approved correctly prescribed medicines

106,000

Total of medically-caused deaths in the US every year

225,000

And that report was published in 2000


17 posted on 09/30/2015 10:50:17 AM PDT by MurrietaMadman (These days, iirc should be taken for granted.)
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