Posts
KEEPING THE TRAGEDY IN AURORA, COLORADO IN PERSPECTIVE
Some of you sincerely believe that guns are evil and that they should be banned in the USA. I understand your emotions. But emotions must be tempered by facts, in my opinion.
These are the leading causes of death in the United States. Gunshot victims are not in the top-10.
From the USA Centers for Disease Control (CDC):
2009 leading causes of death ...
Heart disease: 599,413
Cancer: 567,628
Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 137,353
Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 128,842
Accidents (unintentional injuries): 118,021
Alzheimer's disease: 79,003
Diabetes: 68,705
Influenza and Pneumonia: 53,692
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 48,935
Intentional self-harm (suicide): 36,909
Injury by firearms ...
2009 ... 31,347
2010 ... 31,513
Death by intentional assault by firearms ...
2009 ... 11,493
2010 ... 11,015
Preliminary 2010 causes of death:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr60/nvsr60_04.pdf
As a nation and as neighbors, I encourage you to keep these statistics in mind as your local, state and Federal officials and politicians speak about further curtailing our 2nd Amendment constitutional rights.
It was awful, but I'm not going to parse the scenario to death.
Yesterday, I prayed for the victims and their loved ones and did battle with the ignorant and lobotomized liberals.
Today and beyond, I must now concentrate on living life, God, my family and friends.
