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Started by James G, 08/07/2008 04:36AM
Posted 08/07/2008 04:36AM | Edited 08/07/2008 04:37AM Opening Post
Well...time to put your debunking hats on again!...

Gotta another e-mail which states the following,

"Here are some statistics and conclusions.
If you consider that there has been an average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq theatre of operations during the last 22 months, and a total of 2,112 deaths, that gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000 soldiers. The firearm death rate in Washington D.C. is 80.6 per 100,000 for the same period. That means that you are about 25% more likely to be shot and killed in the U.S. Capitol, which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the nation, than you are in Iraq.

Conclusion: The U.S. should pull out of Washington! wink 8)

Posted 08/07/2008 09:17AM #1
Jim E. Gleason said:

Well...time to put your debunking hats on again!...

Gotta another e-mail which states the following,

"Here are some statistics and conclusions.
If you consider that there has been an average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq theatre of operations during the last 22 months, and a total of 2,112 deaths, that gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000 soldiers. The firearm death rate in Washington D.C. is 80.6 per 100,000 for the same period. That means that you are about 25% more likely to be shot and killed in the U.S. Capitol, which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the nation, than you are in Iraq.

Conclusion: The U.S. should pull out of Washington! wink 8)

Jim, you and your PUMA friends need to take a remedial math course. The death rate you calculated is 60 per month per 100,000 for sodiers in Iraq. That's 720 per year per 100,000. The firearm death rate in Washington, DC is 80.6 per year per 100,000.

Math challenged members of Sore Losers Club supporting a candidate would couldn't do the math. What a joke.


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Posted 08/09/2008 09:22AM #2
Do you guys get all your political wisdom from spam?