Americans more likely to be shot by law enforcement than killed by terrorists
 

ept. 11, 2001 was undoubtedly one of the darkest and deadliest days in United States history. Al-Qaida's attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center killed 2,976 people, and the country recoiled in horror as we witnessed the death of thousands of Americans when the towers fell.

In the five years since that shattering day, the government has spent billions on anti-terrorism projects, instituted a color-coded alert system that has never been green, banned fingernail clippers and water bottles from airplanes, launched a pre-emptive war on false pretenses, and advised citizens to stock up on duct tape and plastic sheeting.

But despite the never-ending litany of warnings and endless stories of half-baked plots foiled, how likely are you, statistically speaking, to die from a terrorist attack?

Comparing official mortality data with the number of Americans who have been killed inside the United States by terrorism since the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma reveals that scores of threats are far more likely to kill an American than any terrorist -- at least, statistically speaking.

In fact, your appendix is more likely to kill you than al-Qaida is.

With that in mind, here's a handy ranking of the various dangers confronting America, based on the number of mortalities in each category throughout the 11-year period spanning 1995 through 2005 (extrapolated from best available data).

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Source: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/1,71743-0.html

Gosh, I guess terrorists aren't so bad after all. Fucking George Bush is lying to us. The real enemy is my appendix.

kandah you are more likely to be shot by an American than a terrorist, just FYI.

More likely to die from car crash than hijacked plane too. So rack up those air miles hehe

I guess the 2600+ soldiers killed in Iraq rank on the LOW scale of your chart there?

Killed by polio. 0. But we still need the shots.

Accidental poisoning ... gimme some of that ...

Terrorist are not danger at all.Maybe crushing WTC towers look bad,but statictily that is not much kills if you compare with other death cause.Also soon will be more dead soldiers in Iraq then killed civilians in WTC

If no one has realized it yet:

The biggest threat to humanity is humanity itself.

Do your part today and get a vasectomy / tubal ligation and stop the madness. YOU! Yes YOU! could be part of the problem.