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05-28-2008, 11:36 AM
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Interesting facts regarding death rates
All information can be verified at Causes of Death > Other Accidents
In the year 2000 the number of children between the ages 0-18 who died due to the following causes.... MotorVehicles Accidents - 6,466 Fires - 1946 Drowning - 1,236 Accidental Gun Shooting - 174. I guess my XD is much safer than my neighbors pool. Lets start a petition to have all swimming sports banned. 
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05-28-2008, 11:39 AM
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Sounds like a plan to me.....what about those of us without kids? Im not worried about kids getting my gun accidentally (a. because i dont have any, and b. my carry gun is always on my person or locked up with the others).
retards....people really need to focus on the important issues and solve those.
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05-28-2008, 11:40 AM
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Ted Kennedy's car killed more people than my gun
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05-28-2008, 12:06 PM
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The three requirements for a school shooting. 1 know the floorplan. 2 Know the threats inside the location and response time/entry time for the police 3. Royally screwed up intelligent analytic mind. We need more laws to protect these three rights. Ban guns in schools, it obviously works. |
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05-28-2008, 01:36 PM
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That number seems extremely low... for all causes of death.
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05-28-2008, 01:47 PM
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I thought the same thing Oreo, that is why I included the link to the web site. But you know what they say...... 90% of all statistics can be made to say anything you want. (50% of the time).
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05-28-2008, 01:52 PM
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. . The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all. John F. Kennedy The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings. John F. Kennedy Birth Certificates are a "Reasonable" Secret So-called "reasonable gun control" measures will take us all to the day when the last single-shot shotgun that grandpa owned is cut into pieces. |
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05-28-2008, 01:58 PM
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Speaking of death rates, if I recall correctly, every day on our planet, approximately 305,000 people are born & 155,000 people die.
It's been a while since I did the math, you can calculate it from the stats here: https://www.cia.gov/library/publicat...k/geos/xx.html or maybe I'll check it later tonight at work.
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U.S.M.C. 78-82 ---------- The following quote has been attributed to Sigmund Freud. However, I don't find this in any of his books. Can you? "A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity" |
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05-28-2008, 03:21 PM
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I'm not doubting you Deer, I just thought that the number sounded very low... I can name 3 kids who went to my school that have died this year alone...
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05-28-2008, 03:49 PM
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go to here for the source of the numbers, have to click each link and read for the statistic, all for the year 2000:
Causes of Child Death accidental firearm: 174 child abuse/neglect: >2000 drowning: 1236 fire: 1946 homicide firearm: 1242 motor vehicle: 6466 suffocation: 1580 sudden infant death syndrome, SIDS: 2523 suicide: 1621
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