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To: epicure who wrote (211730)	12/15/2012 9:25:06 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541102

While shootings are dramatic, tragic, and make great headline fodder, there are 800,000 accidental poisonings a year. From a risk management point of view of preventable death, gun deaths are way below other means of harm such as disease and accident. I bet more than 90% of potential poisons are incorrectly stored. Tylenol (more generally acetaminophen) and other drug poisonings constitute a large percentage of these and differentially affect children at a 2:1 rate relative to other products (chemicals and cleaners, for instance). People simply aren't aware of the toxicity of acetaminophen - there are no public service ads. Is it really any less sad when a dunderhead allows their kid to poison themselves...? Unintentional poisoning was second only to motor vehicle crashes as a cause of unintentional injury death for all ages in 2009. Among people 25 t[o 64 years old, unintentional poisoning caused more deaths than motor vehicle crashes. Source: CDC

To: epicure who wrote (211730)	12/15/2012 10:54:39 PM
From: cnyndwllr	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541102

Yes, there's room for improvement but you'll recall that the issue we were discussing was whether we could legislate to materially decrease the odds of another shooting massacre. My point was that all the outrage in this country doesn't change the fact that the toughest gun legislation you could imagine, short of taking a huge number of firearms out of circulation, wouldn't do much. It's not a choice between guns or no guns because that's not going to happen here. I think this is one of those times where emotions cloud reasoning for all of us. Ed