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Thursday, July 11, 2013
Guns & bombs, shooters and bombers: Thought for the day.
Thought for the day -- "Isn't it strange that after a bombing, everyone blames the bomber ... but after a shooting, the problem is the Gun !
Source: JPFO e-mail. Check out their website and their new statistics.
According to the CDC's figures, unintentional MVAs have typically only been slightly greater than the intentional use of firearms used in homicides and suicides combined. Accordingly, it sounds like motor vehicles have proven far more dangerous than guns. The latter item mostly causing injuries through purposeful action to do harm. If you completely remove firearms from the equation, ill intent still remains. For this reason, one can expect the combined homicides and suicides caused by motor vehicles (or bombs) to skyrocket in the absence of guns. This is the most sensible conclusion, not to mention victims being made defenseless against their assailant(s).
According to the CDC's figures, unintentional MVAs have typically only been slightly greater than the intentional use of firearms used in homicides and suicides combined. Accordingly, it sounds like motor vehicles have proven far more dangerous than guns. The latter item mostly causing injuries through purposeful action to do harm. If you completely remove firearms from the equation, ill intent still remains. For this reason, one can expect the combined homicides and suicides caused by motor vehicles (or bombs) to skyrocket in the absence of guns. This is the most sensible conclusion, not to mention victims being made defenseless against their assailant(s).
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