Hey Guy! May I have your comment on this?

[N35t0r]

Also, little kids are known to be prone of finding their parents' cell phones and accidentally texting while driving.

[Ben Kenobi]

not everyone owns a car.

Car fatalities >>> gun fatalities.

[N35t0r]

I think that the lecture on gun stowage is because little kids accidentally shoot themselves/other people with their parent's gun. I'm pretty confident that that number is higher than the amount of little kids killing themselves/other poeple with their parent's car...

[Sava]

I think that the lecture on gun stowage is because little kids accidentally shoot themselves/other people with their parent's gun. I'm pretty confident that that number is higher than the amount of little kids killing themselves/other poeple with their parent's car...

When Ben was in college, he bought his Dad a $300,000 car. Gun-control activists high on pot stole it.

[Ben Kenobi]

I think that the lecture on gun stowage is because little kids accidentally shoot themselves/other people with their parent's gun. I'm pretty confident that that number is higher than the amount of little kids killing themselves/other poeple with their parent's car...

1.3 million accidents in 2011.

Sorry I can't hear you over the sound of being wrong.

[rah]

Ben, what is the correlation between 1.3 million accidents in 2011 and kids killing themselves/other people with their parent's car?
Absolutely none.

[Ben Kenobi]

Ben, what is the correlation between 1.3 million accidents in 2011 and kids killing themselves/other people with their parent's car?
Absolutely none.

That's the total number of accidents caused by texting. 1/4th of the total accidents. 33k total traffic fatalities in the US, meaning that back of the envelope gives us about 10k traffic fatalities caused by texting.

Firearms, have about 30k deaths a year.

97 percent of all firearms deaths are either homicide or suicide. 35 percent are homicides, and 62 percent are suicides.

Total unintentional deaths were just 606.

http://smartgunlaws.org/gun-deaths-and-injuries-statistics/

If doctors are truly concerned about reducing gun deaths - they need to start dealing with the suicides.

[Ben Kenobi]

When Ben was in college, he bought his Dad a $300,000 car. Gun-control activists high on pot stole it.

Perhaps when you father dies shoveling snow on his walk you can make light of it, Sava.

[rah]

That's the total number of accidents caused by texting. 1/4th of the total accidents. 33k total traffic fatalities in the US, meaning that back of the envelope gives us about 10k traffic fatalities caused by texting.

Firearms, have about 30k deaths a year.

97 percent of all firearms deaths are either homicide or suicide. 35 percent are homicides, and 62 percent are suicides.

Total unintentional deaths were just 606.

http://smartgunlaws.org/gun-deaths-and-injuries-statistics/

If doctors are truly concerned about reducing gun deaths - they need to start dealing with the suicides.

Go back and read my question again. Again the correlation is none. The quote you were responding to had nothing to do with texting.

[rah]

Perhaps when you father dies shoveling snow on his walk you can make light of it, Sava.

Did your father die shoveling snow on his walk since a drug dealer stole his snow blower?

[N35t0r]

1.3 million accidents in 2011.

Sorry I can't hear you over the sound of being wrong.

Unless you can prove that those 1.3 million accidents were caused by kids stealing their parent's cars, you're really very stupid.

[rah]

Proof isn't need for that.

[N35t0r]

That's the total number of accidents caused by texting. 1/4th of the total accidents. 33k total traffic fatalities in the US, meaning that back of the envelope gives us about 10k traffic fatalities caused by texting.

Firearms, have about 30k deaths a year.

97 percent of all firearms deaths are either homicide or suicide. 35 percent are homicides, and 62 percent are suicides.

Total unintentional deaths were just 606.

http://smartgunlaws.org/gun-deaths-and-injuries-statistics/

If doctors are truly concerned about reducing gun deaths - they need to start dealing with the suicides.

If you are so concerned about traffic accidents caused by texting, why are you posting on a forum complaining about people who are trying to protect little kids instead of doing anything?


Also, why do you hate those 606 people? Did they deserve to die?

[Guynemer]

I'm not going to bother clicking on any of Ben's posts, but for the record, yes we do instruct patients that they must wear a seatbelt at all times and absolutely should not text and drive, or ANYTHING and drive, when driving they should just drive.

So, if he is stating anything to the contrary of that, well, quelle surprise, Ben is wrong.

[Ben Kenobi]

If you are so concerned about traffic accidents caused by texting, why are you posting on a forum complaining about people who are trying to protect little kids instead of doing anything?

Who's complaining? I asked a question and both good doctors have answered my very pertinent question.

Also, why do you hate those 606 people? Did they deserve to die?

When 97 percent of gun fatalities are from other causes, it suggests to me that these resources are better directed towards suicide preventation.