- Joined
- Jan 12, 2009
- Location
- Greenville, Ms
LOGIC
Regardless of where you stand on the issue of the U.S. involvement in
Iraq, here's a sobering statistic. There has been a monthly 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 per month.
The firearm death rate in Washington D.C. is 80.6 per 100,000 persons for
the same period. That means that you are about 25% more likely to be shot
and killed in the U.S. Capital than you are in Iraq.
Regardless of where you stand on the issue of the U.S. involvement in
Iraq, here's a sobering statistic. There has been a monthly 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 per month.
The firearm death rate in Washington D.C. is 80.6 per 100,000 persons for
the same period. That means that you are about 25% more likely to be shot
and killed in the U.S. Capital than you are in Iraq.