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* Average number of young people in the U.S. -- infants to age 19 -- who die from gunshot wounds daily: 12.
* Number of federal product safety regulations that guns must meet: 0.
* Percent of Americans who favor federal safety regulation of guns: 73.
* National Rifle Association spending in the 1998 elections: $4.4 million.
* Number of votes current U.S. House of Representatives has taken on proposed legislation that would require federal safety regulation of guns: 0.
* Number of people who died in alcohol-related traffic accidents in 1997, latest year for which information is available: 16,189.
* Alcohol industry contributions in the 1998 elections: $7.9 million.
* Status of 1998 bill to require states to adopt a stricter drunk-driving standard in order to qualify for federal highway funding: failed.
* Contributions from tobacco industry so far toward the 2000 elections: $2.1 million.
* Estimated number of young people, under age 18, who begin smoking daily: 3,000.
* Status of 1998 legislation that would have fined tobacco companies $3,000 a year for each young smoker: failed.
For more information (and for detailed sourcing on these statistics) go to www.publicampaign.org.
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