New study: In 14 states, gun deaths exceeded motor vehicle deaths
Gun fetishists like to argue that cars kill more people than do guns, and therefore there should be calls to ban cars, just as there are calls to ban guns. It's a patently stupid argument given that so many more people use cars than guns, and even more stupid given that cars are heavily regulated, and that those who drive them even have to be licensed. But in over a quarter of the states, even the most basic point of this patently stupid argument is itself not true:
Oregon was one of 14 states where gun deaths outpaced motor vehicle deaths in 2011, according to a study by the Violence Policy Center.Data was compiled from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.
The data is the most recent available, and this marks the third year the Violence Policy Center has released such a comparison.
The 13 other states where gun deaths exceeded motor vehicle deaths in 2011 were: Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio, Utah, Vermont, Virginia and Washington state, as well as the District of Columbia.
North, South, East, and West. Urban and rural. Red, blue, and purple. The only common denominator is guns.
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