An interesting thought

[MojoScojo]

An interesting letter in the Australian Shooter Magazine this week, which I quote: ” If you consider that there has been an average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq theater of operations during the past 22 months, and a total of 2112 deaths, that gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000 soldiers. The firearm death rate in Washington, DC is 80.6
per 100,000 for the same period.

That means you are about 25 per cent more likely to be shot and killed in the US capital, which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the US, than you are in Iraq.”

Conclusion: The US should pull out of Washington

[AlisoBob]

Keep in mind that 1/2 the troop deaths are vehicle related.... ( crashes, driving off bridges into rivers...etc...)

The death rate is Washington is prolly' DOUBLE Iraq....

Good one Mojo......

[MICK]

Keep in mind that 1/2 the troop deaths are vehicle related.... ( crashes, driving off bridges into rivers...

...heat strokes and getting crushed by connexes etc). Most firearm related fatalities are suicides, negligent discharges, training accidents and fratricide. Damn few Americans have lost their lives over seas to hostile weapons fire. I've said it many times and I couldn't be more sincere...I'm much safer walking around Iraq and Afghanistan than going to the grocery store for milk in many parts of the US.

[MojoScojo]

Hmmm.

I guess this is not quite true.

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=594867

[AlisoBob]

Heres a graph for war related, and non related Iraq deaths..... for the last 12 months.... its been running neck and neck....