>"It's not the bullet that kills you; it's the hole" -- Laurie Anderson
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>>>But there have been so many changes for the better. Open containers [alcoholic] in a vehicle are illegal, and we now have the right to carry a concealed handgun. Remember, An armed society is a polite society. :-)
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>>I remember Guns don't kill people, bullets kill people! < g,d&r >

It's not the hole; it's the body inability to repair damaged tissue fast enough.
Which in turn is the evolutionary consequence of a (comparing with neighbor planets) benign environment.