Help- what are the annual earnings of the domestic assault rifle industry

[malaise]

I am very curious.
If the cigarette industry could be crushed, why can’t this one.
Word is that guns kill way more than cigarettes.

[Fla_Democrat]

1. Unless you only count the people who

accidentally burn themselves up in a fire from falling asleep while smoking... there is no way that guns kill way more than cigarettes.




https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/tobacco_related_mortality/index.htm

Cigarette smoking causes about one of every five deaths in the United States each year.1,6 Cigarette smoking is estimated to cause the following:1

More than 480,000 deaths annually (including deaths from secondhand smoke)
278,544 deaths annually among men (including deaths from secondhand smoke)
201,773 deaths annually among women (including deaths from secondhand smoke)

[Turbineguy]

2. What about Tesla's?

[Fla_Democrat]

6. Do Teslas smoke?

I've never seen one at the LGS or at a range. Not sure they would fit in an indoor range, anyway. The bays are too small.


Oh, wait. maybe Talon Range off I-10. I'll check the next time I am going to Midway.

[malaise]

4. Freaking wow!

Cigarettes still kill more than 100 people per day?

[Fla_Democrat]

7. A lot more

Overall numbers were 480,000 divided by 365 days a year.. 1,315 and some change. I don't see a date on the site, but I assume the CDC is pretty current in their updates.

[Amishman]

3. Impossible to know, some of the biggest players are privately owned

So their data is unavailable

Cigarettes are not a good comparison, as it is not possible to outline a scenario where cigarettes could be used and not directly threaten the health of the user. It is possible to use a gun relatively safely. That difference made cigarettes a much easier target.

[jimfields33]

8. The right to smoke is not in the constitution

So it was easier to sue.