Lammie
Campaign Veteran
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One of the arguments the anti-gun people use to support banning of handguns and assault weapons is that they present a danger to law enforcement and are the principle cause of on-duty deaths of police officers.
In that regard the following may be of interest to some of you.
2008 Deaths of officers killed in the line of duty 136 nationwide.
9/11 related illness 1
Accidental 1
Aircraft 4
Assault 1
Automobile accident39
Bomb 2
Drowned 1
Duty related illness 3
Electrocuted1
Exposure to toxins 1
Gunfire38
Gunfire accidental 2
Heart attack 5
Motorcycle8
Stabbed2
Struck by vehicle 12
Train accident 1
Vehicle pursuit 3
Vehicular assault 11
Note that more than twice as many officers were killed by some type of vehicle than intentionally by some type of firearm.
There was 1 officer killed in the state of Wisconsin in 2008. He died after being struck by a vehicle. Chippewa county deputy sheiff Jason Zunker.
Source: Officers Down Memorial Page
One of the arguments the anti-gun people use to support banning of handguns and assault weapons is that they present a danger to law enforcement and are the principle cause of on-duty deaths of police officers.
In that regard the following may be of interest to some of you.
2008 Deaths of officers killed in the line of duty 136 nationwide.
9/11 related illness 1
Accidental 1
Aircraft 4
Assault 1
Automobile accident39
Bomb 2
Drowned 1
Duty related illness 3
Electrocuted1
Exposure to toxins 1
Gunfire38
Gunfire accidental 2
Heart attack 5
Motorcycle8
Stabbed2
Struck by vehicle 12
Train accident 1
Vehicle pursuit 3
Vehicular assault 11
Note that more than twice as many officers were killed by some type of vehicle than intentionally by some type of firearm.
There was 1 officer killed in the state of Wisconsin in 2008. He died after being struck by a vehicle. Chippewa county deputy sheiff Jason Zunker.
Source: Officers Down Memorial Page