Should Washington D.C., Resident's Move To Iraq?

What the heck is the Cantankerous one talking about now? Well I think that you might find the following statistics to be interesting.

Over the past 22 months there have been 2,112 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq.

Considering that during that same time period there have been an average of 160,000 troops on the ground, the firearm death rate works out to be 60 per 100,000 soldiers.

Meanwhile back in Washington DC, the firearm death rate was 81 per 100,000 residents for the same time period.

The bottom-line is that you are about 25% more likely to be shot and killed in Washington than you would be in Iraq!

Interesting when you consider that Washington has some of the strictest gun control laws in the U.S.