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You Gun Grabbers never quit do ya'? That's OK, we 2nd Amendment Advocates never quit either.
Prescription Drugs More Deadly Than Car Accidents, Guns, and Suicide
America is in the throes of a prescription drug epidemic. More people die every day from that addiction than gunshot wounds, car accidents, or suicide—with 100 people losing their lives daily as a result of misusing medication.
The National Institute of Drug Abuse has some pretty shocking statistics detailing just how bad America’s addiction has become. For example: the US, which holds 5 percent of the world’s population, is responsible for 75 percent of global prescription drug use; 52 million people over the age of 12 have used this medication for purposes outside of what they are intended for; enough painkillers were prescribed in 2010 to medicate every American adult every four hours for a month; over half of these pills are obtained for free from a friend or family member; there are 5.1 million abusers of painkillers, 2.2 million who illegitimately take tranquilizers, and 1.1 million needlessly popping stimulants.
They're also heavily regulated. Guns should be, at least, well regulated...you know, like it says in the 2nd Amendment.
It says the militia should be well regulated, the right to bear arms shall not be infringed. Nice try though
Common sense legislation doesn't infringe on anyone's right to bear arms...nor is it unconstitutional.
Kind of pathetic to keep self bumping your own thread just to get a rise out of people. I think it's time to regulate the internet and have waiting periods for loons who spew lies and left-wing gibberish.I repeat from the OP:
"Firearms are the only consumer product the federal government does not regulate for health and safety," VPC Legislative Director Kristen Rand said in a press release. "Meanwhile, science-based regulations have dramatically reduced deaths from motor vehicles in recent decades. It’s well past time that we regulate firearms for health and safety just like all other consumer products."
Some studies say it's only a matter of time before this trend extends nationally.
More people died from guns than from motor vehicle accidents in 21 states in 2014, according to a report released this week.
The Violence Policy Center, a research group that advocates for gun safety legislation, has found in past reports that traffic fatalities have been declining due to what the organization calls "effective regulation," such as safety prevention initiatives, improved vehicle and highway design, and efforts from the government and advocacy groups. Firearm-related deaths, meanwhile, have only climbed.
The VPC analyzed the latest available data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which tallies all gun deaths, including suicides and accidents, and all fatalities in car crashes. As the number of people who die in car crashes goes down, the organization says, the number of people who die from guns is going up needlessly.
"Firearms are the only consumer product the federal government does not regulate for health and safety," VPC Legislative Director Kristen Rand said in a press release. "Meanwhile, science-based regulations have dramatically reduced deaths from motor vehicles in recent decades. It’s well past time that we regulate firearms for health and safety just like all other consumer products."
When VPC first compared firearm and traffic deaths in 2009, gun deaths exceeded fatal motor vehicle accidents in only 10 states. That number more than doubled in just six years.
(A full list of the 21 states can be found here.)
More: Gun Deaths Are Now Outpacing Traffic Deaths In 21 States, And Counting
How will NRA's Wayne LaPierre spin these facts?
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
It doesn't get much simpler than that
Bullshit. It could have been made a LOt more simple.
As in, why didnt the framers simply write; the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
All that shit about the militia just confused the issue.
Some studies say it's only a matter of time before this trend extends nationally.
More people died from guns than from motor vehicle accidents in 21 states in 2014, according to a report released this week.
The Violence Policy Center, a research group that advocates for gun safety legislation, has found in past reports that traffic fatalities have been declining due to what the organization calls "effective regulation," such as safety prevention initiatives, improved vehicle and highway design, and efforts from the government and advocacy groups. Firearm-related deaths, meanwhile, have only climbed.
The VPC analyzed the latest available data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which tallies all gun deaths, including suicides and accidents, and all fatalities in car crashes. As the number of people who die in car crashes goes down, the organization says, the number of people who die from guns is going up needlessly.
"Firearms are the only consumer product the federal government does not regulate for health and safety," VPC Legislative Director Kristen Rand said in a press release. "Meanwhile, science-based regulations have dramatically reduced deaths from motor vehicles in recent decades. It’s well past time that we regulate firearms for health and safety just like all other consumer products."
When VPC first compared firearm and traffic deaths in 2009, gun deaths exceeded fatal motor vehicle accidents in only 10 states. That number more than doubled in just six years.
(A full list of the 21 states can be found here.)
More: Gun Deaths Are Now Outpacing Traffic Deaths In 21 States, And Counting
How will NRA's Wayne LaPierre spin these facts?
Ain't that the truth. I'm a reloader and it's rediculous what I'm paying for ammo and powder.More people died from guns than from motor vehicle accidents in 21 states in 2014, according to a report released this week.
That is a disturbing statistic, especially when you compare car ownership to gun ownership.
Ammosexuality ain't free....
ya, the same people that told ya that, said 20 years ago we would be under 20 feet of water in 20 years.You Gun Grabbers never quit do ya'? That's OK, we 2nd Amendment Advocates never quit either.
Prescription Drugs More Deadly Than Car Accidents, Guns, and Suicide
America is in the throes of a prescription drug epidemic. More people die every day from that addiction than gunshot wounds, car accidents, or suicide—with 100 people losing their lives daily as a result of misusing medication.
The National Institute of Drug Abuse has some pretty shocking statistics detailing just how bad America’s addiction has become. For example: the US, which holds 5 percent of the world’s population, is responsible for 75 percent of global prescription drug use; 52 million people over the age of 12 have used this medication for purposes outside of what they are intended for; enough painkillers were prescribed in 2010 to medicate every American adult every four hours for a month; over half of these pills are obtained for free from a friend or family member; there are 5.1 million abusers of painkillers, 2.2 million who illegitimately take tranquilizers, and 1.1 million needlessly popping stimulants.
They're also heavily regulated. Guns should be, at least, well regulated...you know, like it says in the 2nd Amendment.
reread it.
the militia was well regulated, not firearms.
