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Someone sent me this email earlier in the week, no idea how accurate it is:

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 per month.

"The firearm death rate in Washington , DC is 80.6 per 100,000 per month. That means you are about 25 percent more likely to be shot and killed in the U.S. Capital, which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the World, than you are in Iraq ."

Conclusion: The U.S. should pull out of Washington !
AND THEY HAVE THE BLOODY CHEEK TO TELL EGYPT HOW TO RUN ITS COUNTRY !

DM

80 people per 100,000 in Washighton DC get shot and killed every month???

Right,

I have egg on face, and should have done some research into this before posting,

Should you care to see the real figures have a look at this Blog which appears to have a better angle on the real figures,
http://dc.about.com/b/2008/03/12/firear ... ton-dc.htm
Also,
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/g/ ... s-joke.htm

Let that be a lesson to me,

DM

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

The firearm death rate in Washington , DC is 80.6 per 100,000 per month. That means you are about 25 percent more likely to be shot and killed in the U.S. Capital, which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the World, than you are in Iraq

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Whatever DM it proves more guns = LESS crime!