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Showing Original Post only (View all)Guns Kills More People Than ALL "illegal" Drugs Combined [View all]
Of course I don't have any stats for this statement. As we have learned over the course of this mass shooting the gun lobby has been very successful in stopping any research into this area. So, this is just an observation.
The politicians have made claims throughout the decades to decry the horrors of drugs and how it is saving the lives of children (won't anyone think about the children) and they did everything in their power to create a War on Drugs.
However, when it comes to children and gun violence they are on the ready to defend the NRA and the rest of the gun lobby.
And I suppose it should be pointed out that this flies in the face of hypocrisy with their pro-life agenda (won't anyone think about the children) being shot by careless gun owners?
Perhaps because drugs are illegal there wasn't anyone to lobby congress without the fear of being busted. If there had been lobbyist for the illegal drug trade they wouldn't have created the WOD.
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Of course, but if I believe I can legally swallow my whole bottle of prescribed Oxy
Orrex
Oct 2017
#15
The opioid epidemic is not fueled by people abusing the drugs their doctor gave them
hack89
Oct 2017
#20
Are deaths by illegal narcotics somehow worse/better than deaths due to abusing pharmaceuticals?
JoeStuckInOH
Oct 2017
#21
Just looked it up... and it's not even close. Drug OD Deaths are currently around 60k-65k per year.
JoeStuckInOH
Oct 2017
#8
Almost all guns start out "legal." Then, some gun nut with a crap load of the things sells one to
Hoyt
Oct 2017
#27