Wednesday, February 8, 2012

What's so bad about guns

What's so bad about guns?
CAUSES OF DEATH, USA, 2002 FORMAL NAME INFORMAL NAME % ALL DEATHS (1) Diseases of the heart heart attack (mainly) 28.5% (2) Malignant neoplasms cancer 22.8% (3) Cerebrovascular disease stroke 6.7% (4) Chronic lower respiratory disease emphysema, chronic bronchitis 5.1% (5) Unintentional injuries accidents 4.4% (6) Diabetes mellitus diabetes 3.0% (7) Influenza and pneumonia flu & pneumonia 2.7% (8) Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimer's senility 2.4% (9) Nephritis and Nephrosis kidney disease 1.7% (10) Septicemia systemic infection 1.4% (11) Intentional self-harm suicide 1.3% (12) Chronic Liver/Cirrhosis liver disease 1.1% (13) Essential Hypertension high blood pressure 0.8% (14) Assault homicide 0.7% (15) All other causes other 17.4% Guns are totally outclassed here! Who will join me in banning automobiles, alcohol, smoking, poor dieting, and lethargy?!!!
Law & Ethics - 10 Answers
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1 :
There is NOTHING wrong with guns.
2 :
I'm with you for banning lethargy, especially the lethargic who wear tight clothing :) We should also ban gun control laws.
3 :
The personal possession of a firearm is a "right" that empowers the invidual. The left wants a 'collective" to have the power not the individual. Thus the "problem" with firearms.
4 :
I know criminals hate them...it's that self-defense thing. ;)
5 :
There's nothing wrong with guns. What's bad is allowing people who aren't mature enough to handle guns properly to have them.
6 :
I dont see a problem.
7 :
Taking guns away will only take them away from people trying to protect themselves too. The killers don't care if gun laws exist or don't. The only thing wrong with them are stupid people.
8 :
I say we start at the top of the list with bans. When that one is complete ,we can work our way down. NO MORE HEART ATTACKS!!! come on people, say it with me... down with heart attacks!!
9 :
I think you're kind of missing the point here. All these thing you mention are results of accidental or unavoidable deaths,with the exception of nicotine, which would be by choice of the individual. Deaths from guns are deaths that are, far more often than not, deliberate acts inflicted by disturbed individuals on innocent and most often unsuspecting victims. I honestly don't see how you can compare here. As far as deaths by automobiles, the numbers don't add up either. Consider for a moment the number of individuals in this country that own and operate an automobile on a daily basis. The numbers would probably be in the tens of millions. Now consider how many people own and use guns on a regular basis. It would only make sense that there would be a higher mortality rate for automobiles. Also keep in mind that all the things you mentioned are things that we as a society are working at reducing as well, finding cures for ailments and increasing safety on the roads. I think you're comparing apples and oranges here.

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