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May 9, 2012

Priorities

-- by Dave Johnson

U.S. deaths from terrorism: 2,996 on 9/11. Since 2001: 33

U.S. tobacco deaths: 449,000. (Cigarette smoking costs more than $193 billion. Secondhand smoke costs more than $10 billion.)

U.S. fatal injuries from firearms: 31,347 (2009)

U.S. traffic deaths: 32,310 (way down, was 43,510 in 2005)

Just sayin'

Posted by Dave Johnson at May 9, 2012 6:32 PM


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