America's deadly devotion to guns.

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98. The primary purpose of all guns is to kill people

That is so illogical it's insane. Although some guns are indeed designed for self defense it is up to the shooter if or not the shot rendered is fatal to a point. Many things are not designed to kill people but are taken off the market because they kill too many.

Animals killed by auto
The Numbing Numbers
Everyday in the U.S., 190 million motor vehicles hit the road, and one million animals get hit by motor vehicles. That's counting cars, buses, motorbikes, and trucks, but not ATVs, snowmobiles and other off-road vehicles. The figure includes mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians, but not insects and bugs, who somehow never count. http://www.culturechange.org/issue8/roadkill.htm


Animals killed by gun
TABLE 3.10
Number of animals killed by hunters, 2001–02 deer season and 2002–03 season for nondeer game
SOURCE: Adapted from "Table 1. National Overview," in A Dying Sport: The State of Hunting in America, Fund for Animals, January 2004,http://www.fundforanimals.org/library/documentViewer.asp?ID=85&table=documents (accessed January 31, 2005)
Doves 22,702,000
Squirrels 22,650,000
Ducks 12,740,000
Rabbits 10,942,000
Grouse, quail, partridges 10,500,000
Deer* 6,400,000
Pheasants 5,900,000
Geese 3,379,000
Raccoons 3,090,000
*Deer number is from 2001/2002 hunting season
http://www.libraryindex.com/pages/2165/Wildlife-KILLING-WILDLIFE.html

It doesn't matter if it was not designed to kill people if it kills many times more it's worse.

Automobiles are a bigger killer of life in this country than guns. At the top would probably be chemicals and food.
I could give you many examples of this but you seem unable to make this connection so the joke is on you