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Originally Posted by Lord Voldemort
over 20,000 are killed on homicides a YEAR? those numbers are wrong! this would be a wild west is that were the case.
and I guarantee that there are several deaths a year caused by marijuana, specially smoking and driving
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Cite your source.
For the year 2008:
Mortality
All homicides
Number of deaths: 18,361
Deaths per 100,000 population: 6.1
Cause of death rank: 15
Firearm homicides
Number of deaths: 12,632
Deaths per 100,000 population: 4.2
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/homicide.htm