re: #269 Mattand

A rocket scientist* named Jeff Buckley just left this brilliant bon mot at this CNN article:

My response, which in reality will not make it past moderation:

Just for the record: MASS GUN KILLINGS ARE NOT THE SAME AS FATAL CAR ACCIDENTS, SO KNOCK IT THE FUCK OFF ALREADY.

*I’m fairly sure he’s not an actual rocket scientist.

“this” shooting vs all motor vehicle deaths. Or maybe he just meant ‘this’ shooting vs all motor vehicle deaths of the day, not realizing other people died by firearms yesterday. Sadly, I know for a fact there were other firearms-caused deaths yesterday. I can read the news, you see.

To give more detail than I did last thread, in 2011 the CDC reports 34,667 deaths by motor vehicle accident. There were 32,163 firearms related deaths in the same year. (link again).