> According to <http://www.casualties.org> , there have been 88 hostile
> fire deaths caused by firearms since the beginning of hostilities in
> Iraq. The remainder of coalition deaths have been due to explosives or
> accidents.
> What does this mean? If you consider that there have been an average
> of 160,000 troops in theater during the last 22 months, that gives a
> firearm death rate of 55 per 100,000.
>
> The rate in DC is 80.6 per 100,000. That means that you are more
> likely to be shot and killed in our Nation's Capitol, which has some
> of the
> strictest gun control laws in the nation, than you are in Iraq.
>
> The conclusion? Under the tactics of the 'left', we should
> immediately pull out of WASHINGTON, DC.
> fire deaths caused by firearms since the beginning of hostilities in
> Iraq. The remainder of coalition deaths have been due to explosives or
> accidents.
> What does this mean? If you consider that there have been an average
> of 160,000 troops in theater during the last 22 months, that gives a
> firearm death rate of 55 per 100,000.
>
> The rate in DC is 80.6 per 100,000. That means that you are more
> likely to be shot and killed in our Nation's Capitol, which has some
> of the
> strictest gun control laws in the nation, than you are in Iraq.
>
> The conclusion? Under the tactics of the 'left', we should
> immediately pull out of WASHINGTON, DC.