Kids and Guns by the Numbers

Phew!

Only 28 children were killed last year, due to accidental gunshot.

For a minute there, I thought the US had a problem!

Only 28 children were killed last year, due to accidental gunshot.

For a minute there, I thought the US had a problem!

Lordyaswas wrote:

Phew!

Only 28 children were killed last year, due to accidental gunshot.

For a minute there, I thought the US had a problem!

Out of 31O,OOO,OOO+ people.

Don't you pull up your frilly skirts at me, armchair General. They're your kids....knock yourselves out!

Each year, about 4,000 people die from drowning in the United States. Drowning is a leading cause of unintentional injury death among all ages.
Drowning is the second-leading cause of unintentional injury-related death among children ages 1 to 14, with more than 1,500 children killed in water accidents each year.
More than one in four fatal drowning victims are children 14 and younger. For every child who dies from drowning, another four receive emergency department care for non-fatal submersion injuries.
In 2005, the most recent year for which statistics are available, there were 3,582 fatal unintentional drownings in the United States, averaging 10 deaths per day.
In 2005, drowning claimed 500 youth lives. Of all children 1 to 4 years old who died that year, almost 30% died from drowning.
The place where drowning is likely to occur changes with age. About 60% of deaths among children occur in swimming pools. Children ages 1 to 4 years most often drown in home pools.
Drowning usually happens quickly and silently—many children who drown in home pools were out of sight for less than 5 minutes and in the care of one or both parents at the time.
Many assume that drowning persons are easy to identify or exhibit obvious signs of distress. Instead, people tend to drown quietly and quickly. Children and adults are rarely able to call out or wave their arms when they are in distress in the water, and can submerge in 20 to 60 seconds.
Nonfatal drownings can cause brain damage that may result in long-term disabilities including memory problems, learning disabilities, and permanent loss of basic functioning (i.e., permanent vegetative state).
Irreversible brain damage can occur within four to six minutes of submersion.

From a recent article in Huffington Post.

....."In the first week after the Newtown, Conn., massacre on Dec. 14, more than 100 people in the U.S. were killed by guns. In the first seven weeks, that number had risen to at least 1,285 gunshot killings and accidental deaths. A little more than three months after Newtown, there have been 2,244. The Huffington Post has recorded every gun-involved murder and accidental shooting death reported in U.S. news media since Newtown, revealing an epidemic that shows no signs of abating........"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/22/gun-deaths-us-newtown_n_2935686.html

Like I say......knock yourselves out.......and there was GWB worrying about Al Quaeda killing Americans. You lot seem to be doing their job for them.


Just saying.

more than 100 people in the U.S. were killed by guns. In the first seven weeks, that number had risen to at least 1,285 gunshot killings and accidental deaths. A little more than three months after Newtown, there have been 2,244. The Huffington Post has recorded every gun-involved murder and accidental shooting death reported in U.S. news media since Newtown, revealing an epidemic that shows no signs of abating........"

I didn't supply logic. I merely stated an opinion.

If you feel that you are happy with the situation then so be it.
'm sure that every American will also feel happy about the situation, now that you have explained it so well.

Carry on.

Nice of you not to worry, General.

You could probably, if you train yourself well enough,
end up not worrying about guns as much as the average European.
We pretty much never think about them, until we see or read about the horror of the situation over there.

Carry on.

Take it up with Huffington, Billy Bob.
I'm sure they wouldn't want to intentionally upset the gun lobby psychos
with false stats.

As I stated if you care about the little ones as you are claiming you would be going after dangers that killed thousands of children every year long before you would get down to a danger that killed twenty or thirty out of a population of 300 millions.

You are a damn phony in my opinion.