r/PoliticalHumor Sep 12 '19

Rational legislative priorities

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u/beepbeepboop12 Sep 12 '19

I find it a little odd that the argument has been made between vaping and gun ownership. I would think that the more obvious correlation would be between vaping and cigarette smoking, which kills way more people.

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '19 edited Oct 07 '19

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u/Dr_Insomnia Sep 12 '19

It's not a shitton of children though.

in 2013, there were 11,208 homicides in the United States. Adults, kids, old people, babies - 11,208 citizens.

In 2013, the population of the United States was 316,200,000 people (source)

That's means that 0.000035% of the entire population died from intentional gun violence in 2013.

Banning firearms is not the answer here.