One the
most disturbing Tweets in some time. A
graphic produced by the US news group Bloomberg based on CDC statistics and
tweeted as
Gun related deaths set to surpass
automobile deaths in U.S. in 2015. One is on the rise, other is on the decline.
From @michaelshermer
The graphic follows, but the message is clear guns have
become as big a threat as the traditional motor vehicle, at least in the
US. Much of the change is attributable
to improved safety of cars for which the US has been adamant in its expectations
of auto manufacturers and religious at times in
enforcement of driving offenses to ensure safety.
How is it
that in the face of such evidence, and the contradictions in philosophies behind
two deadly human inventions, that the US continues to zealously strive for
reductions in the carnage on the roads while just as fervently arguing for the
freedom to carry guns and see them misused.
With
Canadian gun death rates at one seventh of the US, and road fatalities actually
one half the US rate, it will be sometime before the situation becomes
comparable.
Worth a diversion
to check out country by country death rates by causes at world
Life expectancy There are a handful
of causes of death that Canada and/or the US rank globally as high – explore the
general trends.
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