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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 13,202 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting pauls42: Quote:
What are the percentages?
I.e what percentage of people who smoke, die from tobacco use?
What percentage of people who drink, die from alcohol consumption?
What percentage of Americans, who play with guns, die from accidental shooting?
You can't compare absolute numbers - you have to use the percentage. I have yet to find a study that breaks it down that way. All the studies, I have read, list the top 9 preventable causes of death. For the year 2000, which is the last study I could find with percentages, were: Tobacco: 18.1% of total deaths in the US. Poor diet and physical inactivity: 15.2% of total deaths in the US. Alcohol consumption: 3.5% of the total deaths in the US. Microbial agents: 3.1% of the total deaths in the US. Toxic agents: 2.3% of the total deaths in the US. Motor vehicle crashes: 1.8% of the total deaths in the US. Incidents involving firearms: 1.2% of the total deaths in the US. Sexual behaviors: 0.8% of the total deaths in the US. Illicit use of drugs: 0.7% of the total deaths in the US. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar |
| | Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 3,830 |
| | Posted: | | | | héhé, guns are more dangerous then drugs.  | | | | Sources for one or more of the changes and/or additions were not submitted. Please include the sources for your changes in the contribution notes, especially for cast and crew additions. |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,202 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Giga Wizard: Quote:
héhé, guns are more dangerous then drugs. What I found funny, is that sex is more dangerous than drugs.  | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar |
| | Registered: March 14, 2007 |  Posts: 2,366 |
| | | Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 681 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Daddy DVD: Quote:
OK, guns are safe. Now lets see if you can dodge a bullet.  First try: 10246 points (eventually 0.287 seconds was too much... lowest time I got was 0.235 in some of the earlier levels). I was killed. edit... second try: 12465 points, best reaction time 0,184, slowest 0,300 when the gunshot was fired almost immediately. The rest varied between 0,190 and 0,253. | | | Mika
I hate people who love me, and they hate me. (Bender Bending Rodriguez) | | | | Last edited: by Draxen |
| | Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 3,830 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Unicus69: Quote:
What I found funny, is that sex is more dangerous than drugs. Yeah you never know if your partner has a gun under the pillow | | | | Sources for one or more of the changes and/or additions were not submitted. Please include the sources for your changes in the contribution notes, especially for cast and crew additions. |
| | Registered: June 12, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 2,665 |
| | Posted: | | | | Chris Rock: “Gun control? We need bullet control! I think every bullet should cost 5,000 dollars. Because if a bullet cost five thousand dollar, we wouldn't have any innocent bystanders.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFcVwDw4YLE | | | | Bad movie? You're soaking in it! |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,202 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Daddy DVD: Quote:
OK, guns are safe. Now lets see if you can dodge a bullet. My score was 10437. My reaction time averaged about 0.23, which was just too long at the shorter distance.  | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar | | | | Last edited: by TheMadMartian |
| | Registered: March 17, 2007 | | Posts: 853 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Giga Wizard: Quote:
Quoting Unicus69:
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What I found funny, is that sex is more dangerous than drugs.
Yeah you never know if your partner has a gun under the pillow No, more likely you never know if your partners husband will come home in the middle and find you. Remember, guns don't kill. Angry husbands who find you screwing their wife do. | | | | Last edited: by Lord Of The Sith |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,380 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Daddy DVD: Quote:
OK, guns are safe. Now lets see if you can dodge a bullet. My score 14355, Best reaction 0,184. Eventhough i knew it was coming, the longer i had to wait the worse the score was. |
| | Registered: March 20, 2007 | | Posts: 262 |
| | Posted: | | | | Way to go Whispering -- I guess you did well enough to visit the US and survive the trip.  |
| | Registered: March 15, 2007 |  Posts: 374 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting skipnet50: Quote:
Joe Horn...not guilty.
Skip No, of course not. He saw 2 burglars breaking into a property across the street. He shot them in the back, they died right away. Court finds him not guilty. So I suggest, whenever you see somebody trying to break the law, may it be speeding or false parking, why don't you get out your gun and kill them, especially if they are illegal immigrants like in this case... NOT.  | | | | Last edited: by sugarjoe |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 2,692 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Draxen: Quote:
Quoting Daddy DVD:
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OK, guns are safe. Now lets see if you can dodge a bullet.
First try: 10246 points (eventually 0.287 seconds was too much... lowest time I got was 0.235 in some of the earlier levels). I was killed.
edit... second try: 12465 points, best reaction time 0,184, slowest 0,300 when the gunshot was fired almost immediately. The rest varied between 0,190 and 0,253. score 18,166. Level 9 - pity it doesn't show the best score - but I think it was about 0.15 sec, I was averaging about 0.17 | | | | Paul |
| | Registered: May 8, 2007 | | Posts: 663 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting sugarjoe: Quote:
Quoting skipnet50:
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Joe Horn...not guilty.
Skip
No, of course not. He saw 2 burglars breaking into a property across the street. He shot them in the back, they died right away. Court finds him not guilty.
So I suggest, whenever you see somebody trying to break the law, may it be speeding or false parking, why don't you get out your gun and kill them, especially if they are illegal immigrants like in this case...
NOT. I think the Joe Horn case is a case of vigilantism and is not self defense. I just heard the 911 call on the news and while the 911 operator was trying to stop him from going outside, Horn said, "I'm going to kill them," which is premeditation. He had no intention on waiting for the cops to do their job, he was determined to be the judge, jury and executioner. I won't be surprised if in a few days, the families of the killed robbery suspects will file a wrongful death lawsuit against Joe Horn and I also wouldn't be surprised if Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton get involved. | | | We're on a mission from God.
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| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,202 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting sugarjoe: Quote:
Quoting skipnet50:
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Joe Horn...not guilty.
Skip
No, of course not. He saw 2 burglars breaking into a property across the street. He shot them in the back, they died right away. Court finds him not guilty. I hadn't heard about this case until now, but it seems the law is on his side. While I don't agree with the law, you can't charge a man with a crime when what he did wasn't against the law. The law should be changed. Taking a life to save a life, that I can understand. Taking a life to prevent a burgary, that I can't. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar | | | | Last edited: by TheMadMartian |
| | Registered: May 8, 2007 | | Posts: 663 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Unicus69: Quote:
Quoting sugarjoe:
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Quoting skipnet50:
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Joe Horn...not guilty.
Skip
No, of course not. He saw 2 burglars breaking into a property across the street. He shot them in the back, they died right away. Court finds him not guilty.
I hadn't heard about this case until now, but it seems the law is on his side. While I don't agree with the law, you can't charge a man with a crime when what he did wasn't against the law.
The law should be changed. Taking a life to save a life, that I can understand. Taking a life to prevent a burgary, that I can't. You should read this story on Texas' Castle Law, which gives you right to protect your property in basically whatever means necessary. | | | We're on a mission from God.
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