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Jerry Dingleman: The Boy Wonder(inactve) Who is packing heat this Xmas? (202* d) RE: Who is packing heat this Xmas? 26 Dec 01

katlaughing,

From: http://www.bradycampaign.org/press/release.asp?Record=289

"Statistics on total U.S. gun deaths (including suicides and unintentional shootings), as compiled by the National Center for Health Statistics, have only been collected since 1979. But between 1979 and 1997, 651,697 Americans lost their lives to gun violence, including 334,870 suicides, 278,865 homicides, 28,964 unintentional shootings, and 8,998 from unknown causes."

1979-1997 is 18 years. 651,697 over 18 years is an average of more than 99 per year, what I described as "about 100."

I have no idea where Jed Marum's statistics come from.

Jerry


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