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adigal

(7,581 posts) Tue Feb 24, 2015, 03:45 PM Feb 2015

All this FEAR over Homeland Security budget - how many Americans have killed each other with guns?

I am sick of hearing these Republicans go on and on about how we have to protect America from terror. Yes, of course, there are those who want to harm us, but I would love for a newscaster to say,"How many Americans have been killed on American soil the past ten years by terrorists? And how many have been killed by each other with guns?"

That is all.

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All this FEAR over Homeland Security budget - how many Americans have killed each other with guns? (Original Post) adigal Feb 2015 OP

2013: Firearm homicides Number of deaths: 11,208 Deaths per 100,000 population: 3.5 - CDC Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #1

Yes, we have to fear terrorists. haha. We really need to fear each other nt adigal Feb 2015 #2

Tierra_y_Libertad

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1. 2013: Firearm homicides Number of deaths: 11,208 Deaths per 100,000 population: 3.5 - CDC

Reply to adigal (Original post)

Tue Feb 24, 2015, 03:55 PM

Feb 2015

Of course, that's only for 2013 and only by homicides by gun.

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_02.pdf

adigal

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2. Yes, we have to fear terrorists. haha. We really need to fear each other nt

Reply to Tierra_y_Libertad (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 24, 2015, 05:44 PM

Feb 2015

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