Re: The Armed Citizen - Missouri

"< Robin >" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "William David Thweatt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Some Guy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > : www.kidsandguns.org
> >
> > : "Washington, DC  -- Gun accidents and suicides took the lives of 1,200
> > : children and teens, plus an additional 18,358 kids 0-19 years-old were
> > : injured by a firearm and 1,776 were killed in homicides, according to
> new
> > : mortality and injury data released by the CDC's National Center for
> Health
> > : Statistics and National Center for Injury Prevention and Control for
the
> > : year 2000."
> >
> > 0-19?  That includes 17, 18, and 19-year-old "kids" serving bravely in
the
> > US Armed forces.  I bet the vast majority of the "kids" killed are gang
> > thugs killing each other and doing the nation a favor.
>
> The gun grabbers *have* to include 18 and 19 year old ADULTS in this "kid"
> study.  If the cut off age was 17, you'd better believe the number of gun
> deaths would be so low as to not be worth mentioning.


Just to be clear, the "kid" word came from me not from the study. In the
study they call the group children and teens.

SG