I’m a big fan of the original CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, like trying out old episodes of CSI: NY on Netflix, and occasionally will sit through my wife’s favorite CSI: Miami giggling every time the sunglasses come off with dramatic flair. Not only these shows, but there must be ten other prime time presentations that highlight how we stab, shoot, suffocate and poison one another. It seems all of America is obsessed with capturing the killers. On Capitol Hill, gun law and hate crime legislation are always hot topics, but the 800 lb gorilla in the room everyone ignores is the number of highway fatalities caused by alcohol.
DUI death numbers consistently trump murder rates, by all means, year after year. If not for a good many irate mothers (MADD)- people would probably still ignore the obvious… unwilling to jeopardize their love affair with alcohol. I doubt we’ll see a pilot of CSI: DUI anytime soon, not that there is much mystery about how a drunk behind the wheel kills people.
The chart below was composed by Howard Nemerov, the Austin Gun Rights Examiner.
