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Originally posted by SleazyDream
what about all the accidental killings from guns from legitimate people? Doctors are now saying it's a HEALTH HAZARD if you own a gun - there are soo many accidential shootings. Look at the stats from the american medical association - not NRA propaganda.
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I remember a story about a surgeon who specialized in spinal cord injuries. He want to a medical conference in another country and toward the end voiced a complaint that the conference seemed ignore spinal injuries caused by trauma related to gunshot wounds. The other doctors stared at him blankly. One of them said, "I have never seen a gunshot wound." Most of the other doctors nodded in agreement.
What the pro-gun lobby has yet to explain is whether it is just the availability of guns which makes them a common weapon of choice here in the US, or is it just that Americans are particularly inept at handling guns, or is it the fact that crooks feel they need to be armed because they are likely to run into much more than a billy club or can of pepper spray?
One thing is for sure: Gunshot wounds and deaths are much more common in the US than in any other country which isn't in a wartime situation.
Why is that?