Thunderflight
02-08-2005, 12:13 PM
Subject: Arms -- Washington D.C. & Iraq
According to <http://www.casualties.org> , there have been 88 hostile fire
deaths caused by firearms since the beginning of hostilities in Iraq. The
remainder of coalition deaths have been due to explosives or accidents.
What does this mean? If you consider that there have been an average of
160,000 troops in theater during the last 22 months, that gives a firearm
death rate of 55 per 100,000.
The rate in DC is 80.6 per 100,000. That means that you are more likely to
be shot and killed in our Nation's Capitol, which has some of the strictest
gun control laws in the nation, than you are in Iraq.
The conclusion? Under the logic of the left, we should immediately pull out
of WASHINGTON,
According to <http://www.casualties.org> , there have been 88 hostile fire
deaths caused by firearms since the beginning of hostilities in Iraq. The
remainder of coalition deaths have been due to explosives or accidents.
What does this mean? If you consider that there have been an average of
160,000 troops in theater during the last 22 months, that gives a firearm
death rate of 55 per 100,000.
The rate in DC is 80.6 per 100,000. That means that you are more likely to
be shot and killed in our Nation's Capitol, which has some of the strictest
gun control laws in the nation, than you are in Iraq.
The conclusion? Under the logic of the left, we should immediately pull out
of WASHINGTON,