DO THE MATH: THIS AIN'T TOO BAD

OTBL Boxer Shorts Warrior Bill Danielson, who blogs from the comfort of his basement in Bloomington, Illinois, had this to say about casualties in Iraq:

"If you consider that there have been an average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq theater of operations during the last 22 months, and a total of 2112 deaths, that gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000. The rate in Washington D.C. is 80.6 per 100,000. That means that you are about 25% 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. Conclusion: We should immediately pull out of Washington."

I wonder how likely it is that Bill will be killed or maimed by a Improvised Explosive Device on his way to Wal-Mart tonight. Then again, that would only increase the kill rate by .001%. Not too bad - when you think of it that way.




























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