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To: TigerPaw who wrote (5110)12/19/2003 10:03:39 AM
From: Dale Baker  Read Replies (2) of 20773
 
If my math is right, the odds of an American dying in a terrorist attack in the last three years were about 1 in 280,000. The odds of getting nailed by a drunk driver were roughly 17 times higher:

cbsnews.com

But dying in a "normal" tragic accident makes you a statistic, not a reason for rabid responses. If we add in handgun deaths, I'm sure the disparity in the odds goes thru the roof.

EDIT - firearm murders run about 10,000 per year. So your odds of dying badly due to drunks and Rambos are now 27 times your terrorism risk.
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