DUKE RESEARCHER: OWNING A CAR ’80 PERCENT’ RISKIER THAN OWNING A GUN

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Interesting research from Duke University.

There were 310 million guns in the U.S. in 2009 (a Congressional Research Service figure have no reason to dispute), a figure that likely grew to perhaps 350 million by 2013. These guns result in 33,000 deaths in 2013, of which 64% were suicides, leaving 500 accidental deaths and 11,200 due to homicides.

There were 269 million registered vehicles in the U.S. in 2013. These result in 33,000 deaths a year, roughly half of which are drivers (these are official NHTSA statistics).

http://www.breitbart.com/big-govern...g-a-car-80-percent-riskier-than-owning-a-gun/
 
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Thats very surprising to me actually. By owning a gun I don't feel that I put my life in danger any more than not owning a gun. The opposite actually. Thats one of the reasons I own a gun. For safety. By owning and driving a car I understand there is a risk there. Owning a car is only 1.8 times more risky than owning a gun? Kinda scary if you think about all the people you may know that have been in car accidents
 
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There were as many gun deaths as highway deaths?
 

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I'm sure it goes without saying, but I know a lot more people that have been in auto accidents than people who have been in gun accidents.


And furthermore, we can remove the word "accidents"... I know a lot more people that have been hurt by vehicles than people who have been hurt by guns. And yet no one has a problem with vehicles- those are "necessary" to the USA's way of life.
 
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Better yet how many pools have killed kids vs guns... via Accidental deaths.
 

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Unless the issue is drunk driving or texting while driving then most vehicular deaths are not newsworthy. Firearms related crimes are more likely to be newsworthy most of the time.
 

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Factor the suicides out and the number is better.

I don't consider suicide a "risk." Those people obviously have made a decision and removed "risk" from the equation. From that point, it is only a question of method.
 

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Sweet, but let's stop using the anti-gun term "gun deaths".