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Spider Jerusalem

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22. Clarification:
Mon Jan 14, 2013, 01:05 AM
Jan 2013

the total number of firearms deaths relative to the total population, 2011: one in ten thousand.

A rate of one in ten thousand relative to the 1790 population? 400. (Lower than the overall 1790 murder rate, and yes that is about 10 per 100k. Sorry.)

The point is that yes, it's fairly meaningless in relation to population size.

i think they would have - in fact the wording would imply a different samsingh Jan 2013 #1
Look out, here they come... Kingofalldems Jan 2013 #2
Not murdered.. pipoman Jan 2013 #3
Your own list shows that we compare much better to the 3rd world than the 1st Major Nikon Jan 2013 #8
Not even considering that, pipoman Jan 2013 #9
and I was pointing out the merit in it Major Nikon Jan 2013 #16
I believe they knew just that.. pipoman Jan 2013 #18
That wasn't the point of the time machine scenario Major Nikon Jan 2013 #20
Actually, IIRC, the US has always been more violent than most of Europe pipoman Jan 2013 #21
I would be astounded, aside from the war years, if that were so dsc Jan 2013 #23
A lot higher portion of the population pipoman Jan 2013 #25
They are still fucking dead and a fucking bullet from a fucking gun KILLED them. Stinky The Clown Jan 2013 #10
NRA Stats? pipoman Jan 2013 #14
This post was alerted on. The jury voted 6/0 to let it stand! ohiosmith Jan 2013 #15
Wasn't me.. pipoman Jan 2013 #19
This is, so far as I know, the first alert on one of my posts. I have a perfect transparency Stinky The Clown Jan 2013 #28
"I find myself incapable of seeing the "other" side of the gun debate." Llewlladdwr Jan 2013 #30
And if you fucking say 'fuck' a lot it fucking makes it MORE TRUER!! Lizzie Poppet Jan 2013 #24
Were there 350,000,000 people in the US in the late 1700s? NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #4
Yes there were GP6971 Jan 2013 #5
Consider... jmowreader Jan 2013 #29
There were around 31,000 or so firearms deaths in the US in 2011. Spider Jerusalem Jan 2013 #6
Actually the rate in the US of firearm death by all causes is pipoman Jan 2013 #12
yes, but 1/10000th of the total population = 4 per 100k based on the 1790 population. Spider Jerusalem Jan 2013 #13
Not following the thought here pipoman Jan 2013 #17
Clarification: Spider Jerusalem Jan 2013 #22
Seeing as how murder rates were higher in Colonial times,,, Llewlladdwr Jan 2013 #7
"for the common defence" would have been added after "arms", jmg257 Jan 2013 #11
Nope.... not a chance. davidn3600 Jan 2013 #26
a fantastic quote from a REAL democrat green for victory Jan 2013 #27
Thomas Jefferson quotes??? RW Talking Point!!111!!!!11! NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #31
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