Safer In Washington Or Iraq?

[billt]

Logic 101

An interesting letter in the Australian Shooter Magazine this week, which I quote:

"If you consider that there has been an average of 160,000 troops in the  Iraq theater of operations during the past 22 months, and a total of 2112 deaths, that gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000 soldiers.

The firearm death rate in Washington, D.C. is 80.6 per 100,000 for the same period."

That means you are about 25 per cent more likely to be shot and killed in the US capital, which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the US , than you are in Iraq."

Conclusion: The US should pull out of Washington
 

[Jackel]

call me crazy, but id rather live in washington.

[tombogan03884]

call me crazy, but id rather live in washington.

Maybe but your only basing that on the bars and hookers  
 In fact this is old, I don't THINK any Americans have been killed in Iraq since BO shifted the focus to Afghanistan. Based on political concerns and typical media bias I may be wrong, but the fact remains that an American in Iraq is far safer than in DC and this has been true right along. I think the MAIN reason is because unlike Washington the Americans in Iraq are armed and armored to the teeth, but even more importantly, they are highly trained predators themselves, not the type of prey that are offered by govt. workers and tourists.

[r_w]

call me crazy, but id rather live in washington.

Crazy!

I think that was true during Vietnam, too. 

And last year IIRC, there were more Marines killed in motorcycle accidents than killed in A'stan.  Not all car accidents, just MC accidents.

[tombogan03884]

 Wearing MC helmets sucks. Not wearing one sucks worse.

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[david86440]

So let me get this straight.............. the key is to wear a helmet if you live in DC?

It's late, I'm going to bed.

Wearing MC helmets sucks. Not wearing one sucks worse.

[fightingquaker13]

Most murder vics in DC know why they are getting shot, or re standing too close to someone who does. Civilians gettin shot happens too of ten, but if you take banger on banger violence out of equation, its not so bad.
FQ13

[Woody]

Those evil guns, they don't care who they kill. Blah, blah,blah.
That "justifies" more police presence. But if only the police are supposed to have guns, how is the crime surging?
There are too many guards and not enough inmates.

[WatchManUSA]

Logic 101

An interesting letter in the Australian Shooter Magazine this week, which I quote:

"If you consider that there has been an average of 160,000 troops in the  Iraq theater of operations during the past 22 months, and a total of 2112 deaths, that gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000 soldiers.

The firearm death rate in Washington, D.C. is 80.6 per 100,000 for the same period."

That means you are about 25 per cent more likely to be shot and killed in the US capital, which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the US , than you are in Iraq."

Conclusion: The US should pull out of Washington
 

Sorry, this is fuzzy math.  it compares an apple to a turnip.  You need to figure in the total population in Iraq to compare the numbers in D.C.

[tt11758]

Sorry, this is fuzzy math.  it compares an apple to a turnip.  You need to figure in the total population in Iraq to compare the numbers in D.C.

Dude, it's for comic relief.