Statistic ‘o the day
by digby
From America’s shooting gallery:
More Arizonans were killed by guns in 2009 than in motor-vehicle incidents, evidence of the need for stricter gun laws, according to a report released last week.
The report, by the Violence Policy Center, said Arizona was one of 10 states where firearm deaths outstripped traffic deaths in 2009, the most recent year for which numbers were available.
An Arizona politician explained that this is apples and oranges because cars aren’t used in self-defense. One might point out that guns aren’t useful for anything other than killing, but I guess that would be un-American.
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