Message 2/15
Date: 18-Apr-07 @ 09:18 PM -
RE: Solution for VA Tech shootings
Yep the answer to this must be to carry more guns!!!
Here's a radical thought, how about making it illegal to carry guns, rediculous I know & completely off the wall, but maybe, just maybe it might just work????
Number of deaths from firearms injury - United Kingdom, 1994 to 2003
1994
341
1995
358
1996
254
1997
201
1998
203
1999
210
2000
204
2001
167
2002
169
2003
163
USA - Facts About Firearms
In 2000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
* Suicide with firearms took the lives of 16,586 Americans
* Homicide with firearms took the lives of 10,801 Americans
* Unintentional firearm injuries took the lives of 776 Americans
* 75,685 people suffered nonfatal firearm injuries
*More than 2,200 Americans aged 18 and under died from bullet wounds, equaling six young people per day
The following table shows some more in depth statistics, most shocking of all are those of the age group from 0 - 9 years old.
USA - Firearms Death Statistics 2001