Friend of mine posted this a while back -- 81_Hokie 02/14/2018 6:30PM Aren't six out of ten gun deaths suicides? I suppose an argument could be -- Tuckahokie 02/14/2018 6:50PM 40% of number listed is still 32 people per day. ** -- JohnHoo2 02/14/2018 10:24PM So what.? Why is that such a difference maker for your otr anyone else? ** -- 111Balz 02/14/2018 9:43PM 268 Millions Cars on the road. 1.3 millions dies from cars each year. -- BEASTHOO 02/14/2018 10:42PM Regulate the sale of ammo. Heavily. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/14/2018 11:48PM 1.3 million seems a tad high ** -- SPYCAV 02/14/2018 11:07PM Not just a tad. The number was just over 37K in 2016. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/14/2018 11:56PM Yeah, thought I’d heard 40K for 2017 ** -- SPYCAV 02/15/2018 12:04AM Yes that is the argument and it's a good one. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/14/2018 9:41PM Those can still be reduced (see Australia) ** -- WahooMatt05 02/14/2018 6:54PM Not sure if it's 6 out of 10, but that post is no less alarming if the -- BocaHoo91 02/14/2018 6:53PM A quick check put the number around 62%...a bit of a shifting figure from -- Tuckahokie 02/14/2018 6:58PM Last I checked, suicide rate in England is identical to ours. -- Tafkam Hokie 02/14/2018 7:35PM When did you check? ** -- KCHoo 02/14/2018 9:09PM Been awhile. looks like it has held steady in England -- Tafkam Hokie 02/14/2018 9:34PM No. It's about 40% lower ** -- BocaHoo91 02/14/2018 7:44PM How many have died from car accidents since 1968? ** -- Hokieesith 02/14/2018 6:42PM And we've made seat belts, airbags, anti-lock breaks mandatory and have -- BocaHoo91 02/14/2018 6:56PM 38,300 died in car accidents in the U.S. in 2015. 4.4 million injured. ** -- Hokieesith 02/14/2018 6:57PM So what. We've made cars safer. We've made guns more deadly. ** -- BocaHoo91 02/14/2018 7:01PM Are the roads safer? Speed limits are up. You can go 80 outside of -- Hokieesith 02/14/2018 7:24PM Yes. The roads are safer. Deaths per mile driven are down more than -- BocaHoo91 02/14/2018 7:30PM Fair enough. So, when guns are made safer with say, the laws you -- Hokieesith 02/14/2018 7:36PM If we pass laws that reduce mass shooting deaths by 80%, yes, you -- BocaHoo91 02/14/2018 7:39PM Okay then, I'm against all of it. Thanks. ** -- Hokieesith 02/14/2018 7:44PM Follow the same model we've followed with cars. -- hoolstoptheheels 02/14/2018 7:09PM Finger print locking mechanisms. Might not have helped here though -- THECZAR 02/14/2018 7:18PM Unlike guns, shoes and fertilizer DO kill people -- Beerman 02/14/2018 6:41PM The only thing to do is take away all guns I guess. ** -- Hokieesith 02/14/2018 6:44PM Yes. It's binary. Either current ease of gun acquisition, or total ban. -- hoolstoptheheels 02/14/2018 7:13PM I'm cool with... -- Beerman 02/14/2018 6:49PM It's crazy, and maddening. But as others have posted before, -- BocaHoo91 02/14/2018 6:38PM Get your facts right. They were first graders who lived a full and -- Late 80s Hokie 02/15/2018 09:09AM