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Had a 2001 5 speed that I just replaced. Great rigs.I resemble that remark, I got my 1993 Dodge Cummins Diesel 4X4 daily driver!
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I'm going with it for one comment only. As the libs start throwing feces at each other may I recommend joining the DNC, yep democrat nati…, Donate $1 and you will get multiple daily emails from all kinds of senators, reps, pres candidates. It's going to be a hoot. I joined before the last election. $1 all day. Know your enemy!Sorry about the thread drift.
Many more die from Medical malpractice but mums the word.
It's an ep-pee-demic I tell ya...So 4 million+ population as of 2014....2300 "gun violence deaths"
Thats less than a quarter percent....
Sometimes these are true. Some are homeless who are not mentally ill. (Many actually.) Frequently, people use drugs because... ...they like the feeling. People commit suicide for many reasons. Some, fully rational I would argue. Talking to these folks every work day lets you see that it isn't anything as clean cut as people think.We don't have a gun/homelessness/drug problem. We have a lack of accessible mental health treatment resources. People commit suicide because of mental illness. People are homeless because of mental illness. People use drugs because of mental illness. We are doing NOTHING to change how we deal with mental illness. All of our time, energy, and money are spent of fighting over gun rights/confiscation.
Oregon's firearm fatalities by suicide actually make up over 80% if all firearm related deaths. That leaves a little less than 300 homicidesby firearm....over a 4 year data period. So, 75 per year statewide? Out of a state with a population of over 4 million?
So 4 million+ population as of 2014....2300 "gun violence deaths"
Thats less than a quarter percent....
It's more like 1/20th of a percent, but that 2300 number is over 5 years.
It's actually 1/100th of a percent OR roughly 11.9/100,000 people at the annual rate -- which also parallels the national average.
Nix the suicides (6/10ths) from those stats...Oregon(and the country for that matter) has quite the epidemic going on.
However, still a ways to go until we get to Japan's suicide rate. Good thing Japan has some of the strictest firearms laws and regulations in the world, or imagine how much higher their suicide rate would be. Wait... That makes no sense
I wonder how many of these so-called "gun violence" deaths involve long guns...err....I mean fully-semi assault weapons? Anyone take a guess. Considering that the national number is something like 400-500 related deaths a year in an entire nation of 325,000,000 population....I imagine Oregon's number has to be at least approaching double digits.
What about the children you say? 10% of all driving related deaths of children 15-19 y.o. are due to distracted driving. Perhaps we ought to make the minimum age to buy a cell phone @ 21. Shoots, let's make the driving age 21. If a cell phone is stolen and the thief later crashes a car resulting in injury, death or property damage, the original owner of the cell phone ought to be held liable...That ought to help, yeah?
Speaking of driving? Imagine how many lives could be saved if we mandated that all cars could not go more than 30 mph. Thousands of lives could potentially be saved. Think about it.
While we're at it, perhaps their ought to be a background check to make sure that someone isn't accident-prone before they can leave their house to go out in public.....
Anyways, I'm off to a rally to ban Ice Cream....'cause you know, Diabetes may actually be considered to be approaching actual epidemic-status.
In Oregon, suicides actually make up 4/5 of deaths by firearm.
Many more die from Medical malpractice but mums the word.