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ITEM: The Hoyafor March 28th reported on a gun-control debate at Georgetown University quoting David Haffty of Hand-gun-Free America as saying: "'When we find a product that is harmful to the public, we ban it,' Haffty said. Haffty offered a litany of statistics supporting the need to eliminate handguns from society stating that there are 30,000 accidental gun deaths in America every year..."
CORRECTION: There are some 36 times more fatal motor-vehicle accidents than fatal gun accidents, according to recent statistics from the National Safety Council. Yet few are talking about eliminating automobiles. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control not long ago revealed that the number of accidental firearms fatalities dropped again, as it has for decades, to 866, even with more ...
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