# Gun Control

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**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [September 28, 2006, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gun-control/18174 "2006-09-28T15:55:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![JoesTypeS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joestypes/32/7190_2.png) [@JoesTypeS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JoesTypeS)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gun-control/18174/101 "2006-09-30T08:17:18Z")

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> [@sureshot007](#):
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> Oh yeah - JoesTypeS - if they ban all firearms, I am going to car jack you at knife point.  
> [/i]

Did I say that they should ban firearms in this thread? Nope.

30,136 gun deaths in the U.S in 2003 (CDC, latest data available)

90,000 people die/year from infections caused by stays in hospitals.

> [@traumadog](#):
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> I’d venture to think that more people die per encounter with a gun than the number of people dying from an encounter with a doctor.

I’d be willing to bet that you’re right, depending on what you consider an “encounter”

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