An estimated 160,340 Americans were expected to die from lung cancer in 2012, accounting for approximately 28 percent of all cancer deaths.

 

 

 

 

In 2011, the latest figure available from the Centers for Disease Control,

 

 

Accidental discharge 851

Suicide 19,766

Homicide 11,101

Undetermined Intent 222

 

Total: At least 31940 people died from gun injuries in 2011.

 

Also 258 people were killed during legal intervention, most of them due to guns.

 

Guns were involved, but were not the primary cause of death:

-in 2 fatal accidents.

-in 6 homicides.

 

Previous years:

2010 31,328 people

2009 31,177 people

2007 31,224 people

2004 29,569 people

 

 

 

SO 160K VS 31K

Ban Cigarettes???

Good stats, Yeah I think a better argument would be if we just focused on trying to make people happy and not want to commit suicide we could save more lives then all enforced forms of gun control in the history of man kind combined.

I think I need to quit smoking...

I think I need to quit smoking...

 

Think of all the extra money you'd have to buy guns.

Good stats, Yeah I think a better argument would be if we just focused on trying to make people happy and not want to commit suicide we could save more lives then all enforced forms of gun control in the history of man kind combined.

 

Says something about a better MENTAL HEALTH care screen or treatment need. Not gun control!

 

 

Ed

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For those curious about the full stats:

 

http://www.cdc.gov/n...tats/deaths.htm

 

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-15