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AR15.COM
8/27/2006 2:03:46 PM EDT
I don't know if this is a dupe or not but I thought it was interesting.
Phessor

Gun control

If you consider that there has been an average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq theatre of operations during the last 22 months, and a total of 2,112 deaths, that gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000 soldiers.

The firearm death rate in Washington D.C. is 80.6 per 100,000 for the same period.

That means that you are about 25% more likely to be shot and killed in the U.S. Capitol, which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the nation, than you are in Iraq.

Conclusion: The U.S. should pull out of Washington immediately
8/27/2006 2:05:14 PM EDT
[#1]
oldie but a goodie
8/27/2006 2:05:19 PM EDT
[#2]
60 per 100,000 in 22 months does not add up to 2112
8/27/2006 2:13:01 PM EDT
[#3]
Still a good statistic.
8/27/2006 2:13:59 PM EDT
[#4]
Not all of the US fatalities in Iraq are caused by gunfire.
8/27/2006 2:16:26 PM EDT
[#5]

Quoted:
Not all of the US fatalities in Iraq are caused by gunfire.



As I understand it, the vast majority of US combat fatalities have been caused by IEDs and car bombs.
8/27/2006 2:19:23 PM EDT
[#6]
multiply that by 1.6.  There are 160,000 soldiers, not 100,000.  60x22x1.6 = 2112
8/27/2006 2:21:08 PM EDT
[#7]

Quoted:
multiply that by 1.6.  There are 160,000 soldiers, not 100,000.  60x22x1.6 = 2112
Homicide rates in the US are computed by years, not months