After serious thinking Oren wrote :
On Wed, 21 Dec 2016 20:38:53 -0600, "ChairMan" no
wrote:

what part of 12,000 gun homicides a year sounds like self-protection
to you?

Really? Got a cite for that?

http://www.gunfacts.info/gun-control...ssorted-myths/


+ 1 The guy that puts that data together, Guy Smith is actually a
Libertarian.

Here are some other numbers.

"NEW YORK – More than 50,000 Americans died from drug overdoses last
year, the most ever.

The disastrous tally has been pushed to new heights by soaring abuse
of heroin and prescription painkillers, a class of drugs known as
opioids.

Heroin deaths rose 23 percent in one year, to 12,989, slightly higher
than the number of gun homicides, according to government data
released Thursday.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/12/09/grim-tally-soars-more-than-50k-overdose-deaths-in-us.html

And.

CHICAGO – Accidental overdoses aren't the only deadly risk from using
power prescription painkillers. A new study says the drugs may also
contribute to heart-related deaths and other fatalities.

The study involved patients given prescription medicines for chronic
pain, including persistent backaches and arthritis. Outcomes for
patients on other types of painkillers were compared with those on
long-acting opioids including controlled-release oxycodone, methadone
and fentanyl skin patches.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/06/14/opioids-linked-with-deaths-other-than-overdoses-study-says.html

...phuc them gun grabbers

I'm surprised that they don't lump heroin overdoses in as "shooting
deaths".