Re: The right to bear arms & make salad

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>]

I don't want to ban guns in the U.S.  I just wish Americans would stop
lecturing the rest of the world how to run their own criminal justice
systems.....  It's downright embarrassing given our track record. 

Richard

-----Original Message-----
From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu [mailto:Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 4:02 PM
To: Richard M. Smith
Cc: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: Re: [funsec] The right to bear arms & make salad

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:55:31 CDT, "Richard M. Smith" said:

> In the US (population c. 298.5m) there were an estimated 16,137 homicides
in
> 2004 (FBI, 2006a) - a rate of about 5.4 per 100,000. Of these, 10,654 were
> carried out with guns (FBI, 2006b).

How many people died in car crashes in 2004?

How many people died from tobacco and alcohol related issues in 2004?

How many people died from weight-related issues in 2004?

If we're looking at banning stuff because people are dying, let's at least
save more lives by banning cars, tobacco, alcohol, and fat people.

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