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Originally Posted by dirtbanker

If we are going to prevent deaths with more laws, why focus on small numbers?

There are roughly 23,607 deaths associated with influenza a year. The spread of the disease can be reduced through vaccination. Do you think there should be a law requiring everyone get a influenza vaccine? Have you done anything about the 23,607 deaths a year?

Cigarette smoking is responsible for more than 480,000 deaths per year in the United States, including nearly 42,000 deaths resulting from secondhand smoke exposure. Do you think there should be a law forbidding anyone from smoking? Have you done anything about the 480,000 deaths a year?

I am guessing you have done nothing about those issues and your interest in 14,000 deaths a year is purely related to dramatization by the media.

More gun laws are not going to stop nutjobs from killing, taking guns away from everyone will not stop nutjobs from killing.
You are wasting your energy, go get a flu shot and save somebody's life!