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DanTex

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5. That is correct.

Reply to november3rd (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 14, 2012, 02:43 PM

Dec 2012

The average American lifespan is shortened by 100 days. For black males, the loss of life expectancy from guns is a full year. No other first-world nation comes anywhere close. The statistics are staggering.

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That is correct. DanTex Dec 2012 #5

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