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Orrex

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4. Guns, obviously.

Reply to elias49 (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 13, 2015, 09:25 AM

Jan 2015

During my daily commute I pass somewhere between 80 and 200 cars that are actually running, in addition to the many dozens that I pass that are parked and left unattended. During all of my morning commutes over my entire employment history, I have never once passed a discharging firearm.

If the number of cars is similar to the number of firearms, and the number of car-deaths is similar to the number of firearm-deaths, but the rate of use of cars is much, much higher than the rate of use of firearms, then firearms are clearly more dangerous.

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I would imagine that more people use cars daily than use guns, too. Orrex Jan 2015 #1

True. Which is more deadly? elias49 Jan 2015 #2

Guns, obviously. Orrex Jan 2015 #4

I was going to say alcohol. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2015 #3

I think alcohol also Duckhunter935 Jan 2015 #5

+1. nt bemildred Jan 2015 #6