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In today's Pensacola News Journal there was an article entitled, "Hold the keys: Distracted teens deadly". The article cites an AAA study and states, "From 1995 through 2004 crashes involving teen drivers ages 15 to 17 killed 30,917 people, according to the study. And 64 percent of the deaths were people other than the driver - passengers, pedestrians and those in other vehicles." It goes on to say that automobile accidents are the leading cause of death for 15- to 20-year-olds.

I don't have the numbers for firearms related deaths in this age group but I suspect that in terms of deaths and injuries cars are more dangerous than guns. (Statistically) It does no good to demonize either as they are both inanimate objects. It's more about how people behave.
 
Harry Paget Flashman said:
I don't have the numbers for firearms related deaths in this age group but I suspect that in terms of deaths and injuries cars are more dangerous than guns. (Statistically)
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Not true. The last numbers for homicides in the US that I heard of was about 25,000 a year, with roughly half of those related to firearms. (I think suicide by firearms were counted in the total) That was a 10 year low IIRC.

So, that give you around 12 thousand a year resulting from firearms. The will give you around 120 thousand dead over the same time period. Guns kill roughly 4 times more than teen drivers.
 
When used on purpose. If accidental deaths by firearm are counted instead of homicides and suicides, cars kill about 1,000,000,000,000,000 times more people. On the other hand, vehicular homicide rates are much lower than shooting homicides.
 
My favorite question on gun accidents is still from Freakonomics.

"What's more dangerous to your child: a gun in the home or a swimming pool in the backyard?"
 
El Tejon said:
Yes, but you can use your car for a good purpose like driving to the polls to vote Democratic, so the media is not upset about driving deaths.:D
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Let me go ahead and edit this for ya:

Yes, but you can use your car for a good purpose like driving your gas-guzzling SUV to the polls to vote for a liberty stompin' Republican, so the media is not upset about driving deaths.

hmmmmm

Sound silly?

I thought so too! ;)
 
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