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US life expectancy lowered by gun violence

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Post by Idéfix Thu Jan 10, 2013 3:16 pm

The US spends more per-capita than most rich countries on healthcare, but its people have a lower life expectancy than those of most rich countries. One of the factors that explains this difference: gun violence. Americans are seven times more likely to be murdered than people from other rich countries; they are 20 times more likely to be shot to death than people from other rich countries.

http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/guns-play-role-in-shorter-u-s-life-expectancy-study-1.1108389

The United States suffers far more violent deaths than any other wealthy nation, due in part to the widespread possession of firearms and the practice of storing them at home in a place that is often unlocked, according to a report released Wednesday by two of the nation's leading health research institutions.

Gun violence is just one of many factors contributing to lower U.S. life expectancy, but the finding took on urgency because the report comes less than a month after the shooting deaths of 26 people at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn.
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Post by goodcitizn Thu Jan 10, 2013 3:25 pm

Sadly none of the statistics would amount to a hill of beans when it comes to the Nasty Redneck Asswipes (NRA) mentality.

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