The Gun Fight in Washington. Your opinons?

Yep, CI is a TROLL ... he always has been and always will be - nothing new.

H2O MAN wrote:

Yep, CI is a TROLL ... he always has been and always will be - nothing new.

Nah. Contrex is a troll.

CI is a retard.

One who posts a deliberately provocative message to a newsgroup or message board with the intention of causing maximum disruption and argument.

Live Mic Catches Democrat Senators Wanting Gun Confiscation

Those stats prove what the gun-lovers adore; the death of their own children.

Can we get a number to compair with? Perhaps the number of kids who have died by being run over by ice cream trucks since Newton?

You're a ******* idiot! We're talking about GUNS.

Can we get a number to compair with? Perhaps the number of kids who have died by being run over by ice cream trucks since Newton?

The Problem
Information about both lead and carbon monoxide poisoning can be found on other CDC web pages; see
sources of additional information
below for the relevant websites.
In 2009, 31,758 (76 percent) of the 41,592 poisoning deaths in the United States were unintentional, and 3,349 (8 percent) were of undetermined intent.1 Unintentional poisoning death rates have been rising steadily since 1992.1
Unintentional poisoning was second only to motor vehicle crashes as a cause of unintentional injury death for all ages in 2009. Among people 25 to 64 years old, unintentional poisoning caused more deaths than motor vehicle crashes.1
In 2010, unintentional poisoning caused about 831,295 emergency department (ED) visits.1
206,479 (25 percent) of these ED visits resulted in hospitalization or transfer to another facility.1
In 2010, poison control centers reported receiving calls about 2.4 million human poison exposure cases.2
Between 2004 and 2005, an estimated 71,000 children (<18 years of age) were seen in EDs each year because of medication poisonings (excluding abuse and recreational drug use). Over 80 percent were because an unsupervised child found and consumed medications.3
Most Common Poisons

In 2009, 28,754 (91 percent) of all unintentional poisoning deaths were caused by drugs. The class of drugs known as prescription painkillers, which includes such drugs as methadone, hydrocodone, and oxycodone, was most commonly involved, followed by cocaine and heroin.4
Among those treated in EDs for nonfatal poisonings involving nonmedical use of prescription or over-the-counter drugs in 2009, opioid pain medications and benzodiazepines (such as Valium) were involved most frequently.5Nonmedical use includes misuse, abuse or otherwise not taking a drug as prescribed.
Among children, ED visits for medication poisonings (excluding misuse or abuse) are twice as common as poisonings from other household products (such as cleaning solutions and personal care products).3
Costs
In 2005, poisonings led to $33.4 billion in medical and productivity costs.6
Groups at Risk for Poisoning
Among those who died from unintentional poisoning in 2009:

Men were nearly twice as likely as women to die;
American Indians/Alaska Natives had the highest death rate, followed by Whites and then Blacks
The highest mortality rates were among people 45-49 years of age; and
The lowest mortality rates were among children less than 15 years old because they do not abuse drugs as frequently as older people.1
Among people who unintentionally poisoned themselves and received treatment in emergency departments in 2010:

Men were 1.6 times more likely than women to make such ED visits;
The highest rates were in the 45-49 year old age group.1
Among children, ED visits for medication poisonings are most common in children <6 years of age.

One out of every 180 two-year-olds visits an emergency department for a medication poisoning.3
Policy Impact: Prescription P

You a ******* idiot! We're talking about GUNS.