Reply #125: A little more than 25,000,000 people die in this country every year. [View All]

[Greyhound]

So the total number of lives saved over 30+ years adds up to 1/1000th of 1% of one years mortality. So we should restrict the behavior of the entire under 21 population in order to "save" .0031644% (a bit over 3/10,000th of 1%)?

Yeah that's a great reason for denying individual liberty to millions of citizens, meanwhile how do you feel about 100,000 extra people dying every year due to medical malpractice?

Let's keep our priorities straight and think about the price and consequences for foolishly legislating personal behavior.

ETA: Statistics from CDC report: http://209.217.72.34/HDAA/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=129