Originally Posted by the head

Okay, here's some over-all stats relating to deaths in general according to JAMA for 2005:

Tobacco (435,000 deaths; 18.1% of total US deaths)
Poor diet and physical inactivity (400,000 deaths; 16.6%)
Alcohol consumption (85,000 deaths; 3.5%)
Microbial agents (75,000)
Toxic agents (55,000)
Motor vehicle crashes (43,000)(including drunk drivers)
Incidents involving firearms (29,000)
Sexual behaviors (STDs, hepatitis B and C, and cervical cancer) (20,000)
Illicit use of drugs (17,000)

So let's ban alcohol and tobacco too...together they make up almost 1/5th of the total deaths in the United states Far more than the <1-2% that firearms and cars cause. According to the FBI, in 2005 75% of gun deaths were by illegally obtained guns...so banning guns would get rid of 25% of the deaths, of which most of those are likely accidents and suicide...the suicides would still kill themselves anyway and accidents can be lessened by education, but they will always happen.

Originally Posted by Eric5273

You have to get over the whole 9/11 thing buddy.

Originally Posted by Winston Churchill

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.