Thursday, August 1, 2013

We Are Our Own Worst Enemy

If you have a mind to stay behind locked doors, with a loaded gun in your lap, to ward off terrorists and robbers, and stay alive. Or maybe you are paranoid about government oppression. You are looking in the wrong direction.

For all the clandestine effort by the thugs and others, or our government, the most serious enemy in the country is- ourselves. Don’t believe it? Take a look at the statistics. We will only count the dead, we’ll skip the injured. We will stay with accidental deaths, too.
Accidental deaths by: (2011)
  • Guns- 600/ year
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  • Drowning - 2,000/ yr.
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  • Choking - 2500/yr
  • Fires - 2700/ yr
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  • Falls - 25,000/ yr
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  • Poisoning - 39,000 / yr
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  • Automobiles - 42,000/ yr; including about 5000 pedestrians, 5000 on Motorcycles, and 600 on bicycles.

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