According to
Google headers siting from NIDA’s statistics 570, 000 people die each year from
drug use that is 1561.6 each day. or 65 people an hour. Breaking it down farther 440,000 die from tobacco
that is 1205.5 a day or 50 people an hour.
Guns currently Kill on average of 36 people per day or 1.5 an hour. So let us put this in perspective by placing them side by side drug deaths 65 an hour tobacco deaths 50 an hour gun deaths 1.5 an hour. Knives kill
5 times more people than guns 180 people per day last year according to a Googol
header that is 7.5 an hour.
Driving a car is a privilege American gun rights is a right so the
moment you feel unsafe you do not have to wait for a police man. Statistically
if your aggressor wants to do you harm he
or she will be long gone before the police arrive. The Supreme Court noted in a
number of cases that the police have no obligation to post guards if you feel
unsafe. Why! There are not enough police in the world to protect everyone. More
important after national disarmament in Russia and later in Germany the general
public could not defend themselves against their own governments. Hitler would
kill 8,000,000 German non-Jews to protect his position. But the tirade of the
monsters Hitler, Mussolini, and Japans Generals would cost a life every 3
seconds during every day of WWII. Show me one example where disarmament lead to
greater freedom, liberty and safety. The NRA points out that from police statistics over 2,000,000 crimes are stopped each year by the mere presentation of a firearm without firing a shot. That means that without guns there would have been that number additional crimes for the police to deal with. But more important 2,000,000 additional victims or rape, murder, robbery, etc. The fear of gun owners is that after national disarmament there will be an all powerful political organization arise that will use force, ambition, and murder to achieve their goals. This was why our founders set up a government where the people would have ultimate control and that safety net is the second amendment.
Richard W Norman author of American Handbook on Guns Ammo and Freedom
