Reply #37: 1 in 6 killed? [View All]

[JonQ]

No, not so good.

Are the stats on gun-owners comparable? 1 in 6 will kill someone? Or perhaps 1 in 6 americans will be killed by guns ever year. That's about 50 million. Or maybe 1 in 6 people who die will have been killed guns? That'd be about 419,000 per year. In fact around 10,000 could be attributable to firearms.

I'm not sure what you're getting at.

You know, I'd take the outrage more seriously if you were also calling for a ban on cars, alcohol and tobacco, all of which kill far more people than guns in this country. Actually swimming pools are responsible for more dead children than guns, we should ban those too, for the children.