Friday, January 11, 2013

America's Owning so Many Guns Hazardous to Its Health
   So many guns do Americas own that life expectancy is lowered.
   Such is the lead theme of an article in yesterday's Deseret News. The day before, I had caught a snippet of the story on KSL, and wondered if I had heard wrong, or if the report was wrong. Though I have already believed lives are lost because too many guns are scattered across America, yes, it does surprise me that life expentancy is notably decreased.
   If I read the article correctly, you take how much the U.S. lags behind other rich, developed countries in life expectancy, and measure how much of the difference is because of gun deaths -- and gun deaths account for one-quarter of the difference.
   One quarter.
   Americans would much love to have the highest life expectancy in all the world. Guns are but one factor holding us down. Obesity, alcohol-related accidents, drug usage, infant mortality (why should that be low?) and AIDS were also cited as factors lowering the U.S.'s life expectancy.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765619825/Guns-play-role-in-shorter-life-expectancy-in-the-US.html?pg=2

http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/ficap/forum/docs/sept04lemaire.pdf

http://rt.com/usa/news/guns-report-739/

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