-=> On 11-20-97  07:03, Janada Oakley did testify and affirm <=-
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 RC> Unlike their mandate of passenger side airbags - which the
 RC> most recent studies show kill 1 child for every 10 adults
 RC> saved. Can you imagine the governemt OK'ing pediatric use
 RC> of a vaccine that killed one child for every 10 adults saved?
 JO> Does gun control keep popping into your head like it does
 JO> mine when they talk about this?
In respect to flexible standards, yes.
 JO> Percentagewise, the deaths are really quite low, but you
 JO> wouldn't know it to hear them talk. But airbags? Nah,
 JO> that's "different"...
Given Kleck's figures and those of National Safety Council,
there's approximately one child handgun death for every
3,000 lives saved. Compare that to the 10:1 ratio of
airbags. Why are airbags then a tool to be kept, but
handguns a "deadly" threat to be disposed of? 
... People who have no vices have very few virtues. - Lincoln
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