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Originally posted by Opti@Sep 13 2003, 03:39 PM
Rox, apart from drug crime.. fixing poverty problems might make an impact on gun deaths too.... but the accidental deaths of kids issue would be where I would start.. who could argue that isnt important enough to justify at least talking about some sort of new restrictions, without chest beating about the constitution.
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I'm too lazy to look up the stats, but I'd be willing to bet that the "accidental deaths" of children from firearms is a MUCH smaller number than the deaths of children from their parent's own hand and even moreso, from accidents in the home that didn't involve firearms.
I did look up homicide stats and you're much more likely to die in a car wreck. In fact, of the top 15 causes of death in the US, firearms - any - didn't make the list. And that number of firearms DEATHS has dropped almost every year since the 1970's.