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Originally Posted by redwitch
Statistics have repeatedly shown that those states and countries with stringent gun laws have far fewer gun deaths than those that don't. Why are people willing to give up their rights for search and seizure and privacy to stop terrorists but scream when it comes to reasonable gun laws?
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Maybe those people also don't smoke as many cigarettes (584,811 deaths in a year from cancer), maybe they also eat healthy (611,105 deaths in a year from heart attacks), they also might not do drugs (40,393 deaths in a year)...Why are people willing to ignore something that takes so many lives, and focus on creating laws that take away the rights of so many, for something that takes fewer lives (Obama states 30 a day = 10, 950 a year)?
Driving drunk accounts for 10,076 deaths in a year, nobody is talking about making liquor illegal...
I will provide the links for the data I presented (unlike some who just spout off their opinions as fact):
FastStats - Leading Causes of Death
Impaired Driving: Get the Facts | Motor Vehicle Safety | CDC Injury Center
In 2013, the US lost 30 people a day to gun violence. Obama shouldn't let us forget | Ana Marie Cox | Comment is free | The Guardian
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...TytQIQ&cad=rja