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> We're more than happy to ban guns, while they're not even close to as dangerous as swimming pools. What? Guns cause over 3 times as many deaths as drowning.
by morgante 11y ago
> We're more than happy to ban guns, while they're not even close to as dangerous as swimming pools.
What? Guns cause over 3 times as many deaths as drowning.
- yellowapple 11y agoNot to mention that guns are actually meant to kill things (usually; some guns aren't, even if they're still capable of doing so), unlike pretty much all swimming pools (that I know of; I'd be concerned if there were swimming pools designed to kill things). Comparing pools to guns (or cigarettes, for that matter) is a stretch on the scale of at least 27 slinkies.
- frogpelt 11y agoThis is a valid point. You can't really compare purposeful murders to accidental deaths. It would be like comparing kids injured while jumping on a trampoline to kids injured while being beaten by an abusive adult.
- aftbit 11y agoNot of children under 14 - around 700 children under 14[1] die from drowning in swimming pools, lakes, etc (non-boating accidents). Also according to the CDC[2], around 400 children in the 0-14 age range[3] die per year from all firearm related incidents. This includes suicides, homicides, and unintentional shootings. IIRC, when I was looking this up a few months ago, there's a sharp jump in homicides by handgun around age 17. [1] http://www.cdc.gov/homeandrecreationalsafety/water-safety/waterinjuries-factsheet.html http://www.cdc.gov/homeandrecreationalsafety/water-safety/wa... [2] http://webappa.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/mortrate10_us.html http://webappa.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/mortrate10_us.html [3] http://i.imgur.com/AUTgq.png http://i.imgur.com/AUTgq.png