Pro-gun article

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Originally Posted by Giantone

Look, every death is tragic (though every one will die), but using those stats, in 2010, the US population was 308,745,538 , and there were 27,503 gun deaths. So for the sake of .09% of the population you are willing to surrender a constitutional right for the whole population.

a quick google of auto deaths in 2010 showed this: In 2010, there were an estimated 5,419,000 crashes, killing 32,885 and injuring 2,239,000. As far as I know there is no constitutional right to own a car, so by your logic shouldn't we outlaw them?

from CDC fact sheet:In 2010, of the 38,329 drug overdose deaths in the United States, 22,134 (60%) were related to pharmaceuticals. so, do we stop prescribing life saving drugs?

The list could go on and on I think, but the point, which I am sure you-G1- will ignore or miss, is that many deaths occur every year, most are not due to 94 year old people falling peacefully asleep never to wake up. We, as a society, should not so easily give up rights which were fought for, and written in to the backbone of our law because there were people who used or abused the rights and privileges our society has ascribed a value too.