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I’ll admit, there is a good deal of “Gun Death” in America. Even more than many other countries. Why? Well because we have a lot of gun here. This also means there are a lot of lives SAVED with guns. Its just the cost of doing business, and all research points that the cost is “well spent”. Still those who use the metric of “Gun Death” to push an agenda seem to think we must accept ZERO “Gun Death” and banning guns must be done until the impossible is achieved! Does that translate to other things?

Nearly 48,000 women died of prescription painkiller* overdoses between 1999 and 2010.
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Deaths from prescription painkiller overdoses among women have increased more than 400% since 1999, compared to 265% among men.

For every woman who dies of a prescription painkiller overdose, 30 go to the emergency department for painkiller misuse or abuse.

About 18 women die every day of a prescription painkiller overdose in the US, more than 6,600 deaths in 2010. Prescription painkiller overdoses are an under-recognized and growing problem for women.

Although men are still more likely to die of prescription painkiller overdoses (more than 10,000 deaths in 2010), the gap between men and women is closing. Deaths from prescription painkiller overdose among women have risen more sharply than among men; since 1999 the percentage increase in deaths was more than 400% among women compared to 265% in men. This rise relates closely to increased prescribing of these drugs during the past decade. Health care providers can help improve the way painkillers are prescribed while making sure women have access to safe, effective pain treatment.

Man, those numbers are really close to the 30,000 “Gun Deaths” per year, and when you factor in men into the equation it appears the number exceeds “Gun Deaths” by a fair amount.

But Progressives NEEEEEED their prescription medicines! Also with all the socialist medicine politics, they NEEEEED them to be paid for by the rest of us!

Can you imagine if gun owners were that brazen?

h/t Wallphone

This is an interesting story:

A Long Island woman collapsed and died in a Bay Shore health club’s bathroom because a male employee refused to enter the women’s locker room to try to save her, a lawsuit claims.

Emily Hamlin, 22, was in a ladies’-room stall at Planet Fitness on Route 27 during an early-morning workout when another gym member heard her drop to the floor, the legal papers say….“He said he didn’t know what to do and that he wasn’t allowed to go into the ladies’ bathroom,” Dick said in her sworn affidavit.

This is one of those “Damned if you do, Damned if you Don’t” scenarios. If the woman had simply slipped, and the man opened the door, he could be fired, or sued for offending her honor, now he’s being sued for essentially following the rules.

No matter what, not a “gun death”!

h/t Wallphone