If you count the Ft. Hoot shooting as a terrorist attack...16 people have died in the United States as result of terrorism in 2009. The other three deaths include the Little Rock military recruiting office shooting (1), the Holocaust Museum shooting (1), and Dr. George Tiller’s assassination (1), the last two coming at the hands of right-wing extremists.
On the other hand, 45,000 Americans died because they didn’t have health insurance and 600 died from salmonella poisoning.
link: Firedoglake » Terrorism Still Less Deadly in US Than Lack of Health Insurance, Salmonella
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