One Chilling Graphic- causes of violent death

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[Angleae]

1. Apparently being hit by a drunk driver isn't violent

[Flying Squirrel]

3. It's probably considered "accidental"

But your point is well-taken.. and considering the fact that drunk driving laws are getting stricter and stricter, it just magnifies the difference between those laws and gun laws.

[Taverner]

7. Oh great, let's just throw everything in there so all data is irrelevant

Is that what LaPierre suggests you do to real questions?

[morningfog]

8. What tripe.

[cantbeserious]

2. Illuminating - Who Knew - Guns Do Kill Americans - Wonder If The NRA Knows This

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[Flying Squirrel]

4. They would just argue (as they already have and do)

That people would find other ways to kill. They ignore the fact that guns do the job so much better (and from a distance) and can be used on impulse unlike other methods which often require some planning and/or expertise - look how low stabbing is on the chart.

[Zoeisright]

5. Right.

Not only that, a gun removes you emotionally from the killing. It takes a lot of nerve to come up close enough to someone to stab them to death. For instance, that's why so many think OJ did kill Nicole and that "Colombian drug lords" was a ridiculous straw man. Drug lords use guns because it's one step removed from the victim. Stabbing takes a lot of passion and fury.

[angstlessk]

9. That is what I told a white man..when he pointed out the killings

in Rwanda...as if they were more brutal...I told him...it takes a braver person to machete a person to death than it does to reign bombs on them from 5,000 feet...(this was about the first gulf war)..he was aghast...and had no response.

I agree that is is easier to kill someone with a gun than with a knife...I bet you a gazillion dollars that the gunman in Newtowne would not have been able to knife each child to death...

[Taverner]

6. Apparently being intercepted by aliens and given an anal probe isn't violent

[arely staircase]

10. wow

next year my second most likely violent death scenario changes from guns to poison.

[HiPointDem]

11. so as i read this chart, murder is the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th leading cause of death for kids up

to age 9, and suicide is the 1st, 2nd, 3rd leading cause of death for people over 45?

i have a hard time believing that.

[LeftInTX]

12. Suffocation as the second most common cause of suicide over age of 65?

Something is wrong with that graphic.

Even if it includes hanging, it doesn't make sense.

[ManiacJoe]

13. Interesting age grouping, 15-24....