Gun deaths, abortions show nation pushing God away
In his commentary on gun-related fatalities (Oct. 12), Michael Shermer quoted a CDC statistic stating that an average of 30,000 gun-related fatalities take place in the U.S. each year. Including years since 1970, the staggering total is 1.35 million deaths over that 45-year time span. Although Shermer did not include the causes, one could assume the death toll included murder, suicide, justifiable homicide and careless handling of guns.
Let me share another staggering statistic. The tragic consequences of Roe v. Wade have resulted in the deaths of 57.5 million innocent babies since 1973, and they were all murders. These statistics for abortions were taken from the Guttmacher Institute because the CDC has not counted abortions from California and New Hampshire since 1998 and has not counted abortions from five other states for various years from 1998 through 2011. Abortions and gun-related deaths are indicators of how sick our nation has become and are the direct result of “trying” to kick God, our creator and redeemer, out of every facet of society.
Robert F. Miller, Hixson
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