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Nice to see some bravery for a change
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23/03/2010 10:24:33
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>>>>>>>>Cars can be used to kill (intentionally or not). Cars are involved 10s of thousands of deaths in the US alone every year. Guns aren't.
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>>>>>>>In 1999, there were 28874 gun-related deaths in the United States - over 80 deaths every day and 41,611 people killed in auto accidents in 1999.
>>>>>>>So 10s of thousands is a slight exaggeration
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>>>>>>If the number is correct, do you understand what the number means?
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>>>>>>41 x 1000 +611.
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>>>>>>41 Thousand + 611.
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>>>>>2.8874 * 10000=28874. 2.8874 is bigger than 1, so 2.8874 is plural. So 10s of thousands gun related deaths happened in 1999. Where's your logic?
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>>>>>As a side not, in Norway a total of 27 people were killed by guns in 2009. Here we have strict gun control. This should give you something to think about, considering the facts, and not the fiction.
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>>>>Don't bother tore, these people won't change their mind even if the truth is staring them in their face.
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>>>Which is why I have stopped arguing with these people. Instead I show some facts from time to time. But to some of these people even undisputed facts are twisted in incredible ways. It's amazing to see how the TV and other media are able to make people totally blind to the reality.
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>>But I can see there POV. At the moment they have the right to have guns and they don't want that right removed. I don't like it here when the government starts to take away some liberty I have.
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>> I agree that the rate of gun death in the US is shocking but coercing the large numbers who want to own guns doesn't seem a good way forward. Stable countries are built on consensus. Maybe they should give tax breaks or some other rewards to areas that vote to be gun free.
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>Start taxing them more :o) That usually works here...

Oh for goodness sakes. We are undertaxed compared to many other nations. Nations which have a higher quality of life than ours, I mention only in passing.
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