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In reply to the discussion: Warning shot: Gun violence lands US lowest life expectancy among rich nations [View all]EOTE
(13,409 posts)26. Again, innocents don't give a fuck if they're killed accidentally or not.
Guns are pretty fucking high on the causes of INTENTIONAL deaths. After all, that's what guns are supposed to do. Talking about how unlikely guns are to cause accidental deaths is a huge fucking distraction.
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Warning shot: Gun violence lands US lowest life expectancy among rich nations [View all]
kpete
Jan 2013
OP
Unsure, but I suspect if gun-related deaths were excluded our numbers would still suck.
NYC_SKP
Jan 2013
#7
Using that very link you provided, I found 31K deaths by firearms. Quite a significant difference.
EOTE
Jan 2013
#13
The post I responded to said that there were 600 some firearm deaths in 2007, the number is actually
EOTE
Jan 2013
#21
I don't think the innocents killed give a damn whether their deaths were accidental or not. NT
EOTE
Jan 2013
#24
I'll demonize those who try to obfuscate the issue so they can continue stroking their guns.
EOTE
Jan 2013
#30
The person I initially responded to was suggesting that gun deaths are no big deal
EOTE
Jan 2013
#32
You were defending a post which tries to state that the number of gun deaths in this country is
EOTE
Jan 2013
#34
Historic low for this country, yet still WELL ahead the rest of the developed world.
EOTE
Jan 2013
#36
How could they have led to more deaths when the death toll is known and is lower?
hack89
Jan 2013
#41
I watched the video and I have to concur with the protestations, at least somewhat ...
brett_jv
Jan 2013
#22