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I've been doing some reading on Brown's new "gun control". Made me start wondering about all the deaths from alcohol. I found some pretty interesting numbers that I thought I would share.
Why is there such a push for "gun control" when alcohol deaths outnumber firearm deaths 4 to 1?
Why no push to ban "assault" alcohol?
Preventable medical errors in hospitals: 210,000 to 448,000 23.1%
Smoking tobacco: 435,000 18.1%
Being overweight and obesity: 111,909 4.6%
Alcohol: 85,000 3.5%
Infectious diseases: 75,000 3.1%
Toxic agents including toxins, particulates and radon: 55,000 2.3%
Traffic collisions: 43,000 1.8%
Preventable colorectal cancers: 41,400 1.7%
Firearms deaths; 31,940 1.3% (Suicide: 19,766; homicide: 11,101; Accidents: 852; Unknown: 822)
Sexually transmitted infections: 20,000 0.8%
Drug abuse: 17,000 0.7%
These numbers are directly referenced from the CDC. I have looked in other places and found very similar numbers.
Why is there such a push for "gun control" when alcohol deaths outnumber firearm deaths 4 to 1?
Why no push to ban "assault" alcohol?
Preventable medical errors in hospitals: 210,000 to 448,000 23.1%
Smoking tobacco: 435,000 18.1%
Being overweight and obesity: 111,909 4.6%
Alcohol: 85,000 3.5%
Infectious diseases: 75,000 3.1%
Toxic agents including toxins, particulates and radon: 55,000 2.3%
Traffic collisions: 43,000 1.8%
Preventable colorectal cancers: 41,400 1.7%
Firearms deaths; 31,940 1.3% (Suicide: 19,766; homicide: 11,101; Accidents: 852; Unknown: 822)
Sexually transmitted infections: 20,000 0.8%
Drug abuse: 17,000 0.7%
These numbers are directly referenced from the CDC. I have looked in other places and found very similar numbers.