Oregon School Shooting - At Least 10 Dead

[tpfkaw]

What Sanchez said isn't necessarily that bad.  I don't think the deaths caused by drunk driving  (which are terrible and tragic) justify banning alcohol.

Guns kill way more people than drunk drivers, man.  And yet driving drunk or not is way more regulated.

Like I said... sick.

Not true (and not true).

Firearm murders, 2010: 8,775
Drunk driving deaths, 2010: 10,136 (and that's not counting deaths from OUIs with other drugs)

Touchy subject, but it's worth noting also that most firearm murders are violent criminals killing other violent criminals, while drunk driving deaths are generally innocents.

[tpfkaw]

What Sanchez said isn't necessarily that bad.  I don't think the deaths caused by drunk driving  (which are terrible and tragic) justify banning alcohol.

Guns kill way more people than drunk drivers, man.  And yet driving drunk or not is way more regulated.

Like I said... sick.

Not true (and not true).

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http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/01/americas-top-killing-machine/384440/

"Gun deaths" are mostly suicides (likewise, "automobile deaths" includes all deaths involving an automobile).

Here are the actual statistics (link 1, link 2).

2009:

Drunk driving fatalities: 10,759
Firearm murders: 9,199

Gap: 1,560 or 17.0%

2010:

Drunk driving fatalities: 10,136
Firearm murders: 8,874

Gap: 1,262 or 14.2%

2011:

Drunk driving fatalities: 9,865
Firearm murders: 8,653

Gap: 1,212 or 14.0%

2012:

Drunk driving fatalities: 10,336
Firearm murders: 8,897

Gap: 1,439 or 16.2%

2013:

Drunk driving fatalities: 10,076
Firearm murders: 8,454

Gap: 1,622 or 19.2%

[tpfkaw]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Cruikshank

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