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Originally posted by legion
Why is it that a few thousand firearm-related deaths a year (mostly suicides, BTW) is a major problem that can only be solved by banning guns, yet tens of thousands of auto-accident-related deaths a year is an acceptable price for the freedom to be mobile?
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The homicide rate in the United States of America is higher than that of other developed countries, with firearms used to commit 68% of the 14,860 homicides in the United States during 2005. Many more suffer non-fatal gunshot wounds, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimating 52,447 violence-related and 23,237 accidental gunshot injuries in the United States during 2000. The majority of gun-related deaths in the United States are suicides, with firearms used in 16,907 suicides in the United States during 2004.