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Originally Posted by TrevorW
Interesting stats re poisoning
All poisoning deaths - Number of deaths: 41,592
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 13.5
All firearm deaths
the problem with stats is they can be portrayed in various ways to incite a reaction based on the targeted audience. |
Absolutely agree Trevor.
For instance, the poisoning deaths may not be all as a result of criminal intent but rather the total number of people who got food poisoning.
If it is food poisoning, I may be very careful where I eat when in the US next year.
Cheers Peter