Anyone Remember the Happy Land Social club in the Bronx? - Reader comments at The New York Sun

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Submitted by Jimmy in NYC, Apr 25, 2007 10:00

This is all about politics. Not about guns. You want to prevent sensless death? How about make cigarettes illegal. How about cars? "If it saves jut one life" is usually the argument. Well? How about it?

17 years ago right here in NYC. Mass murder. Before the first WTC bombing. Before Oklahoma City. Not a shot fired. 87 dead. The weapon? A gallon of gasoline and a match. It was horrible. But it seems well forgotten. 87 people killed. No calls to ban gasoline, or licence its access.

http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/mass/happyland/fuego_3.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Land_Social_Club

Here's an excuse to ban cars. NOBODY is outraged that 40,000 people die each year on American roads. EVERY YEAR. The politicians are silent. Why is that?

Here are the stats for traffic related deaths:

http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/

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