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To: KyrosL who wrote (17501)	2/18/2004 1:50:09 PM
From: Oblomov	Respond to of 306849

Most of the murders take place in a small number of high-crime areas. Not all Americans are equally at risk.

To: KyrosL who wrote (17501)	2/18/2004 8:07:18 PM
From: GraceZ	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 306849

Your back of the envelope estimate is incorrect, simply because you failed to take into account the age at which gun deaths occur. In 1999, 28,874 Americans were killed with firearms--in homicides, suicides and unintentional shootings. Firearm injuries are now the second leading cause of injury-related deaths nationwide, surpassed only by motor vehicle injuries. Firearms sent 75,685 individuals to hospital emergency departments to be treated for non-fatal gunshot wounds during 2000. Each year an estimated $2.3 billion is spent on medical care for the nation’s gunshot victims. Almost half of that sum is paid by U.S. taxpayers. Guns cause the death of 9 young people (those 19 years of age and under) each day in this country. The overall firearm-related death rate among U.S. children under age 15 is nearly 12 times higher than that among children in 25 other industrialized nations combined. More Americans were killed by guns during the 18-year period between 1979 and 1997 than in all U.S. military battles since 1775. lcav.org