Alan Hess -> TIM RICHARDSON wrote:
 AH> Whilst masticating on , TIM RICHARDSON (1:123/140)
 AH> wrote to STAN HARDEGREE:

 TR>> Murder statistics in perspective

 TR>> According to the most recent annual statistics from the Centers
 TR>> for Disease Control, there were 11,500 homicides committed by
 TR>> perpetrators using guns.

 TR>> There were 17,000 deaths committed by perpetrators using vehicles
 TR>> after consuming alcohol. Your chances of being killed by a drunk
 TR>> driver are much higher than being killed by a perp with a gun.

 AH> On this issue, I believe impaired drivers who kill should be charged
 AH> with murder, and punished accordingly, and not have a special category
 AH> of "vehicular homicide" with lesser penalty.

I agree. I do not understand how someone can get multiple DUI's / DWI's and
still be driving. They should be in jail.

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