[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

"“Nearly thirty thousand Americans die every year from gun violence,” said Nan Aron, president of Alliance for Justice. “It’s time to demand the industry take responsibility for its deadly products."

I wonder where poor Nan gets his numbers? I get the 1999 numbers from the FBI and they come to 8,704. (Unless 9,000 is nearly 30,000 in his mind.) And really, that's less than 1 person out of 32,000 to be killed by a gun. Compared to pneumonia (1 out of 8,743), auto accidents (1 out of 6,598), and even falling (1 out of 21,333), guns are relatively safe. (Info from CDC )

[First_Salute]

Unless you include:

rivet gun violence,

air gun violence,

caulking gun violence.