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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: alan w who wrote (237668)	3/13/2002 10:53:01 PM
From: rich4eagle	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

Not at all, does that justify hand guns? maybe we should allow nuclear explosions that kill up as many that die by alcohol that would be good right?

To: alan w who wrote (237668)	3/13/2002 10:56:31 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

In 1997, there were almost 18,000 gun suicides, compared to roughly 13,000 gun homicides. (This is the last year for which statistics are currently available.) Total = 31,000 deaths. Automobile death are losely given as 40,000 per year. It's hard to get clear statistics but it would seem that these are both far larger than they should be. I believe Japaneese gun deaths to be less than 200 per year. TP

To: alan w who wrote (237668)	3/13/2002 11:01:06 PM
From: Dan B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I'm not going after links, but at the same time(no dispute), some 80, maybe more % of drivers who are drunk regularly day, week, & year in and out, never cause an accident in their whole lives. The other 20% account for all those accident deaths you mentioned. Should we really keep on punishing this large group of ultimately harmless people? Instead, I think we should be firmer with anyone who causes harm, only, while significantly reducing the punishments of those who would blow over the limit. It's more humane. Such added negative incentive though, would be enough to significantly reduce the harm the 20% does, from what it is today, I do believe. Heck, I don't care if George Bush was a drunk once! Dan B