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Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan
The old teenager at summer camp excuse eh? 
Any chance that was 20 years ago or so? I remember an article (much less vividly) that I used in an extemporaneous speaking competition my senior year in high school that was of a similar vein. The part I remember compared gun deaths in the UK, Japan and the US (among other nations) and the numbers were startling. Sound like the same article?
Home invasion robberies are all the rage these days, I'm afraid a dog doesn't really protect your family from an intruder with a gun. Trust me, most people in bad neighborhoods have dogs. They die pretty easily when shot. |
Time flies when you're having fun. It was 1989.
Time cover on all Gun Deaths in a week
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If the U.S. were losing this many people to a killer virus or to a war, there would be a public outcry. Yet more Americans die of gunshot wounds every two years than have died to date of AIDS. Similarly, guns take more American lives in two years than did the entire Viet Nam War. Only automobile accidents (total deaths per year: 48,700) surpass shootings as the leading cause of injury-induced fatalities.
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Anybody think more guns is still better for society after reading the article? This was for me the pivotal point where I realized that guns for "protection" was way more likely to kill you or a loved one than save you.
The summer camp I was at was VACC by the way. Vernon Army Cadet Camp. So it's not like I don't know (or respect) firearms.