July 18, 2005
Why Gun Control Solves NOTHING
Stolen from fellow MuNu and BFL'er Mad Mikey:
If you consider that there have been an average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq theater of operations during the last 22 months, and a total of about 2,000 deaths, that gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000.
The rate in Washington D.C. is 80.6 per 100,000.
That means that you are about 25% 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.
Conclusion: We should immediately pull out of Washington D.C.
Posted by caltechgirl at July 18, 2005 04:11 PM | TrackBackBased on your numbers:
The DC rate is 80.6 per 100,00 per year.
The Iraq rate based on your numbers is about 60 per 100,000 per month
2000 ÷ 160,000 X 100,000 ÷ 22 = 56.8
Posted by: Kris at July 20, 2005 02:34 AMThat means the yearly rate per 100,000 in Iraq is:
56.8 * 12 = 681.6
n'est pas? (pardon my French)
Posted by: Kris at July 20, 2005 02:36 AMNo, that would be 80.6 * 12 = 967.2 per year...
Posted by: caltechgirl at July 20, 2005 03:01 AMAgreed. (Note to self: Remember to pay dues to NRA and Gun Owners Club of America by Friday)
Posted by: andrew at July 20, 2005 01:18 PMGuns kill people the same way spoons make Rosie O'Donnell fat.
Posted by: Michael Dicequeen at July 24, 2005 12:33 AM