The True Cost of Gun Violence in America | Mother Jones ($229 Billon a Year, to start)

[onehandle]

Gun violence costs us almost 20 times the entire gross sales of the gun industry. Gun culture should pay for this in fees and taxes.
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http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/04/true-cost-of-gun-violence-in-america

[Skittles]

1. gun humpers need to carry insurance

seriously

[Press Virginia]

3. Yeah because random shooters and murderers care about following laws

[Duckhunter935]

6. Insurance will not cover criminal acts

99% of the 80-100 million firearms owners are not the issue.

[Press Virginia]

9. They don't care

[Hoyt]

2. If it were 10 times that, gunners would not stop their sick gun habit. They don't care.

[Press Virginia]

4. How am I responsible for the crimes of others?

[villager]

11. They are definitely addicts, replete with an addict's rationalizations... nt

[Press Virginia]

5. Why do they insist on including suicides and accidents in stats related

to gun violence?

[Duckhunter935]

7. To try and mislead

Pure and simple

[Press Virginia]

8. My thoughts exactly

[G_j]

12. because they are

gun violence?

[Travis_0004]

10. Cost of Alcohol-223 billion

Also, almost all the cost are indirect cost? So if one gang member shoots another one and both die, they assume 12 million in indirrect cost? I'm not sure I buy that.


Should they pay?

Should fat people pay as well?

Should smokers pay (more)?

Where do we draw the line.

[Hoyt]

14. Funny how those invested in guns don't want to pay, nor seem to care about the effect of their

bad habits.

[Travis_0004]

15. Where do we draw the line

Would you support gun owners paying for their cost, and alcohol drinkers pay for their cost.

There would be a tax of about 2.00 a beer.

http://www.cdc.gov/features/costsofdrinking/

[Hoyt]

16. Probably would, but would prefer to start with gunners because of the sick habit they

choose and the BS rationalizations they use.

[Travis_0004]

17. I would think starting with alcohol first makes more sense

Alcohol kills 80,000 people a year. If we want to save the most lives, shouldn't we start with what kills the most?

[Hoyt]

18. Guns and people who covet them kill a lot, intimidate a lot, enable abuse, crime and accidents. Not

to mention those arming up to take their country back.

[onehandle]

19. The damage of those things is largely self inflicted. Guns inflict damage on others.

Line drawn.

[Straw Man]

20. Do tell.

The damage of those things is largely self inflicted. Guns inflict damage on others.

It's reassuring to know that drunk drivers only kill themselves when they crash. Now I won't have to worry about driving on New Year's Eve.

[ileus]

13. If only we could ban guns...