>>Just read yesterday (in may weekly news digest):
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>>Since JFK was assassinated there have been more Americans killed by gun, by their fellow citizens, than in all the wars of the 20th century put together.
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>>A comparison of similar cities: Seattle and Vancouver showed that whereas the number of people dying of violence in general was about the same, that of those dying of gunshots in the Canadian city was only a fraction of that in the American city. Can't remember what the study period was.
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>>Nuff said
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>If you think the guns are dangerous, look up the statistics on how many have died at the hands of the medical community, or by automobile. Those numbers dwarf handgun deaths.

OK then we should ban doctors and cars!

Is this a spurious argument that negates what I've just written then? Just cos one stat is worse than another doesn't mean you don't have to do anything about the lesser.