" It’s Christmastime in America, and Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the largest seller of guns in the country, is ready for any Santa list. At the Las Vegas store, a middle-aged woman talks with a cashier to clear her background check and purchase a child-sized Crickett 22 long rifle, which comes in black and pink for $114 in a box emblazoned: “My First Rifle.” "No way am I going to chime in on this. People on both sides of the gun control issue are doggedly committed to their position and nothing I say here will change that. Consideration of the leading causes of death in 2013, according to the Centers for Disease Control is unlikely to make a difference:
- Heart disease: 611,105
- Cancer: 584,881
- Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 149,205
- Accidents (unintentional injuries): 130,557
- Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 128,978
- Alzheimer's disease: 84,767
- Diabetes: 75,578
- Influenza and Pneumonia: 56,979 (of which influenza accounts for 3,697)
- Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 47,112
- Intentional self-harm (suicide): 41,149 (half of which were by discharge of firearms)
The full report, Deaths:Final Data for 2013, includes the following under the category of Accidents:
- Motor vehicle accidents: 35,369
- Falls: 3,208
- Accidental discharge of firearms: 505
- Accidental drowning and submersion: 3,391
- Accidental poisoning and exposure to noxious substances: 38,851
I leave you with only one more statistic from the same report and you can draw your own conclusion:
- Measles: 0
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