Read this article:
[url]http://sierratimes.com/archive/files/jun/06/gedcc060601.htm[/url]
I especially liked this part:
Traffic deaths that were alcohol related in 1998 15,935 (www.madd.org) Murders by guns in the US for 1998 9,143 (1998 Uniform Crime Report.) You read the number right, alcohol killed nearly 7,000 more people in the United States then all the gun-toting murderers. What about the cost to society, and I'm referring to dollars. Alcohol-related crashes cost society $45 billion, yet this conservative estimate does not include pain, suffering and lost quality of life. These indirect costs raise the alcohol-related crash figure to a staggering $116 billion in 1993. (Miller et al, 1996b) Firearms injury costs upwards of $4.0 billion annually, with $19.0 billion in additional indirect costs, such as lost potential earnings. (American College of Physicians, 1998) Alcohol related injuries cost 10 fold more than gun related injuries. Alcohol kills thousands of people every year, and costs billions, but where is the public uproar, where is the media coverage, why is it not a political tool used to gain election