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hack89

(39,171 posts)
25. Guns are low on the causes of accidental deaths
Mon Jan 14, 2013, 08:27 AM
Jan 2013

if saving lives was really your concern then there are better things to spend your time on.

How about stress, obesity, the rest? NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #1
the study looks at all of those things Fresh_Start Jan 2013 #2
the age of the victim matters when looking at life expectancy unblock Jan 2013 #4
Unsure, but I suspect if gun-related deaths were excluded our numbers would still suck. NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #7
i don't doubt that either. unblock Jan 2013 #8
The Study Mentions Those Too AndyTiedye Jan 2013 #9
Yeah, infant mortality is the other big drag on our life expectancy Recursion Jan 2013 #15
I posted an article about this the other day. Very shocking data! yardwork Jan 2013 #3
This wouldn't be the case if we just had MOAR GUNZ!!!!!!!! kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #5
Of course not ... the problem is CLEARLY that there's not ENOUGH Guns in USA brett_jv Jan 2013 #19
Same source: Poverty, Nutrition, Under-50s Dying Young. NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #6
... pipoman Jan 2013 #10
Using that very link you provided, I found 31K deaths by firearms. Quite a significant difference. EOTE Jan 2013 #13
Half of those deaths are sucides hack89 Jan 2013 #16
And still 20+X times the number cited. nt EOTE Jan 2013 #18
I don't understand your response. nt hack89 Jan 2013 #20
The post I responded to said that there were 600 some firearm deaths in 2007, the number is actually EOTE Jan 2013 #21
600 accidental deaths. About 30k deaths total hack89 Jan 2013 #23
I don't think the innocents killed give a damn whether their deaths were accidental or not. NT EOTE Jan 2013 #24
Guns are low on the causes of accidental deaths hack89 Jan 2013 #25
Again, innocents don't give a fuck if they're killed accidentally or not. EOTE Jan 2013 #26
So lets focus on mental health and violent criminals hack89 Jan 2013 #27
How about all the gun nuts stop trying to confuse the issue? EOTE Jan 2013 #28
Speaking of frothing hack89 Jan 2013 #29
I'll demonize those who try to obfuscate the issue so they can continue stroking their guns. EOTE Jan 2013 #30
I bought up 30,000 gun deaths. I was confirming your post hack89 Jan 2013 #31
The person I initially responded to was suggesting that gun deaths are no big deal EOTE Jan 2013 #32
I was just confused by your hostile tone to me hack89 Jan 2013 #33
You were defending a post which tries to state that the number of gun deaths in this country is EOTE Jan 2013 #34
No - I was just adding some nuance to your numbers. hack89 Jan 2013 #35
Historic low for this country, yet still WELL ahead the rest of the developed world. EOTE Jan 2013 #36
And they all have national health care that included mental health coverage hack89 Jan 2013 #37
And the next highest country has one third our rate of gun violence. EOTE Jan 2013 #38
Here is something to consider hack89 Jan 2013 #39
You are familiar with confounding variables, right? EOTE Jan 2013 #40
How could they have led to more deaths when the death toll is known and is lower? hack89 Jan 2013 #41
More guns deaths than there would have been otherwise, comprende? EOTE Jan 2013 #42
It's going down steadily. That says a lot. hack89 Jan 2013 #43
Yes, something is working. EOTE Jan 2013 #44
But according to many gun grabbers, guns are the only problem hack89 Jan 2013 #45
I haven't seen any of those. EOTE Jan 2013 #46
If suicides are going to be used as a justification for gun control hack89 Jan 2013 #47
Derrrrp. I never once suggested that mental health not be a big issue. EOTE Jan 2013 #49
Every single delusional gun nut needs to see this: Zoeisright Jan 2013 #11
Post removed Post removed Jan 2013 #12
Are you flogging that ABC video again? Straw Man Jan 2013 #14
I watched the video and I have to concur with the protestations, at least somewhat ... brett_jv Jan 2013 #22
Guns explain part of the difference in life expectancy, but not all of it. DanTex Jan 2013 #17
Is the headline offered as an argument against universal health coverage? cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #48
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