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Politics : The 2nd Amendment-- The Facts........

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From: TimF5/26/2022 11:55:53 PM
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Our database shows that since 1966, when our database timeline begins, there have been 13 such shootings at schools across the U.S – the first in Stockton, California, in 1989...
...In all, some 146 people were killed in the attacks
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It turns out that for humans, cows can be more dangerous than dogs, wolves, and even sharks. How many people are killed by cows each year? On average, cows kill 22 people a year in the United States.
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So 55 to 56 years (close to 55 and a half if the database started in January '66) so about two and two thirds per year compared to 22 people killed a year by cattle (it says "cows" but they include bulls). But the first problem is the one that people use as a reason to want to remove a constitutional right.
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