Violence again

[Vance2335]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/08/15/guard-at-family-research-council-shot/

[Barb135]

I think we're going to start seeing more of this type of thing, as the election gets closer.  Seems that the world is becoming more fanatical every day.

It's tragic, to say the least.  

[Vance2335]

It is everyday but most of the time it is not an attack due to political beliefs.

[orphanedhawk]

Sure but the difference between most people who die of car crashes is they're accidents. Nobody points a toxic cancer causing device at you and tries to harm you.

I didn't bring this up as an antigun argument, just in reaction to Vance's title, 'Violence again'. Point is~ it's every day.

[brice1967]

According to wiki answers, 11,000 Americans are born a day.  85 lost to guns is not a big deal.  More people die in hospitals a day.  Wiki answers says there are 30,000 gun deaths annually.  Within 3 days, we refill the 30,000 annual vacancies.

Plus, were over 300,000,000 people.  Is that 1% annually die from guns?  How many die in car crashes?  How many die from heart attacks?  How many from strokes?  Cancer?

Just got an email from a friend in Australia.  They recently had a government gun by back that cost tax payers a couple of million bucks, I think.  Since then, gun crimes are up across the board.  Just saying.

[orphanedhawk]

Sadly gun violence is a common occurrence in the US.
Few incidents are picked up by the press.
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There are approximately 90 guns for every 100 people in the US.
More than 85 people a day are killed with guns and more than twice that number are injured with them.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/16/americas-deadly-devotion-guns?oo=0