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In reply to the discussion: Security checkpoint at the movie theater [View all]theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)Since the average citizen is much more likely to be killed/injured by a drunk driver than a terrorist or lone gunman, I think it would be wise to administer mandatory breathalyzer tests for anyone exiting a tavern or restaurant. There are just so many things to be scared of I don't know where to begin! Consider...
The following ratios were compiled using data from 2004 National Safety Council Estimates, a report based on data from The National Center for Health Statistics and the U.S. Census Bureau. In addition, 2003 mortality data from the Center for Disease Control was used.
-- You are 17,600 times more likely to die from heart disease than from a terrorist attack
-- You are 12,571 times more likely to die from cancer than from a terrorist attack
-- You are 11,000 times more likely to die in an airplane accident than from a terrorist plot involving an airplane
-- You are 1048 times more likely to die from a car accident than from a terrorist attack
--You are 404 times more likely to die in a fall than from a terrorist attack
-- You are 87 times more likely to drown than die in a terrorist attack
-- You are 13 times more likely to die in a railway accident than from a terrorist attack
--You are 12 times more likely to die from accidental suffocation in bed than from a terrorist attack
--You are 9 times more likely to choke to death on your own vomit than die in a terrorist attack
--You are 8 times more likely to be killed by a police officer than by a terrorist
--You are 8 times more likely to die from accidental electrocution than from a terrorist attack
-- You are 6 times more likely to die from hot weather than from a terrorist attack
SOURCE: The Progressive Review - See more at: http://newsblaze.com/story/20090221100148tsop.nb/topstory.html#sthash.PeitNnwA.dpuf