Correct, lightning kills with electricity, not firearms. The point is both incidents are incredibly rare. Your first two examples don't really work in this con

Correct, lightning kills with electricity, not firearms. The point is both incidents are incredibly rare. Your first two examples don't really work in this context; cows on the other hand - good example. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5829a2.htm http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5829a2.htm