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  • From: ron thigpen <ron AT fuzzsonic.com>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] OT: In Florida, shoot first, ask questions later
  • Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 16:59:06 -0400

David Minton wrote:

I think cars are probably the most dangerous weapon in the hands of the
average American. According to the CDC, more than 500,000 hospitalizations
and 41,000 deaths are attributed to car accidents each year in this country
<http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/duip/mvsafety.htm>.

let's not forget smokes. more like 400,000 preventable deaths/year. and not all self-inflicted.

<http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/research_data/health_consequences/mortali.htm>

sign me up for a society where cigarettes and sidearms are perfectly legal and, despite that fact, absolutely no one choses to use them.

--rt




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