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Originally Posted by Envitro
OK, let's play a game.
How many people die each year at the hands of illegal guns?
How many people die each year at the hands of legal guns?
How many people die from speeding-related accidents each year?
How many people die from illegal vehicle activity each year?
How many people die from legally acquired, alcohol-related activities each year?
I bet the last three are significantly bigger than both items 1 & 2....
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If you assume for a moment that suicides are done with legally acquired firearms and accept that 30% of homicides are legal guns you get about 600 or so deaths a year from legal weapons.
Here are some US stats but let’s apply them to Canada where we have about 2000 car deaths each year.
https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/motor-ve...sues/speeding/
So 26% involve speeding - so 500 deaths
29% involve alcohol so around 600 deaths
Don’t forget there is significant overlap between the two
So while my numbers here are pretty rough they aren’t significantly bigger than 2.
Did I win the game
