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In another shock survey revelation, American Scienticians reveal that armed drivers are more dangerous.

A survey of 2400 drivers carried out by David Hemenway and colleagues at the Harvard School of Public Health shows motorists who carry guns in their cars are far more likely to indulge in road rage - driving aggressively or making obscene gestures - than motorists without guns. (Accident Analysis and Prevention, DOI:10.1016/j.aap.2005.12.014).

Yet in some states it is easier than ever to own a gun and carry it in a car. In the past two decades 23 states have eased restrictions on carrying guns reveals researcher Mary Vriniotis. Police no longer have the right to ban someone they consider unsuitable from owning a gun. People now only have to pass background checks, such as the absence of criminal convictions.

In what is driverchris' contender for 2006's most world-weary understatement Vriniotis says: "Our findings indicate that the people driving around with guns in their cars are not among the most responsible and best-behaved people on the road,"

In an inflammatory statement guaranteed to anger every right thinking free American, the god-dammed commie liberal continues... "In the interests of injury and violence prevention, it probably makes more sense to tighten rather than relax restrictions on gun carrying in motor vehicles."