Fact: A country with the cheapest ice cream will have a higher per capita ice cream consumption rate.
Fact: A country with more per capita dogs will have more per capita dog-bite-related injuries.
Fact: A country with a higher percentage of bowlers will have more people, per capita, dropping bowling balls on their toes.
Fact: A country awash with easily accessible narcotic pain medications will have a greater number, per capita, of narcotic deaths and addicts.
Fact: A country with the highest per capita gun ownership (90 out of every 100 Americans owns a gun) will have a higher per capita incident rate of gun-related deaths and accidents.
Fact: A country with a higher percentage of those with mental health conditions without access to mental health care – who also simultaneously live in a country with a higher percentage of gun ownership – will have a higher per capita percentage of tragic gun-related incidents involving the mentally ill.
This is not subject to argument (yes, I know, you'll try to say it is, but really it is not). The only question is: Do we accept it? Can anything be done about it? If so, what?
Loren M. Lambert © December 31, 2012
Fact: A country with more per capita dogs will have more per capita dog-bite-related injuries.
Fact: A country with a higher percentage of bowlers will have more people, per capita, dropping bowling balls on their toes.
Fact: A country awash with easily accessible narcotic pain medications will have a greater number, per capita, of narcotic deaths and addicts.
Fact: A country with the highest per capita gun ownership (90 out of every 100 Americans owns a gun) will have a higher per capita incident rate of gun-related deaths and accidents.
Fact: A country with a higher percentage of those with mental health conditions without access to mental health care – who also simultaneously live in a country with a higher percentage of gun ownership – will have a higher per capita percentage of tragic gun-related incidents involving the mentally ill.
This is not subject to argument (yes, I know, you'll try to say it is, but really it is not). The only question is: Do we accept it? Can anything be done about it? If so, what?
Loren M. Lambert © December 31, 2012
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