People who live with a gun present face twice the risk of death by homicide

[Damocles]

Wrong, but then you usually are.

no, they are not wrong...

https://poolfence.com/are-guns-more-dangerous-than-your-pool/

Pools are actually more dangerous to your kid than guns are... mostly because folks do not take the time to lock up their pools while most responsible firearm owners do...

From the article I linked to:

So… Are Guns More Dangerous Than Your Pool?
Believe it or not, statistically speaking, guns are significantly less dangerous than your swimming pool. According to Freakonomics, 742 children under the age of 10 drowned in the United States in 1997. As you can see from our monthly drowning stats, this remains a very serious problem.

Approximately 550 of those drownings referenced above took place in residential swimming pools. According to the most recent statistics, there are about six million residential pools, meaning that for every 11,000 pools, one young child drowns each year.

Conversely, Steven D. Levitt, one of the authors of the book, has this to say about guns:

“About 175 children under the age of 10 died in 1998 as a result of guns. About two-thirds of those deaths were homicides. There are an estimated 200 million guns in the United States. Doing the math, there is roughly one child killed by guns for every one million guns.

Thus, on average, if you both own a gun and have a swimming pool in the backyard, the swimming pool is about 100 times more likely to kill a child than the gun is.”

 

[Legion]

I personally knew two young people -- both teens and friends of my own kids -- who did so.

A Story for Every Occasion™.

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

no, they are not wrong...

https://poolfence.com/are-guns-more-dangerous-than-your-pool/

Pools are actually more dangerous to your kid than guns are... mostly because folks do not take the time to lock up their pools while most responsible firearm owners do...

From the article I linked to:

You are using 20+ year-old statistics. Gun ownership has soared since then. Find something more recent.

BTW, according to the CDC, most drowning deaths of very young children happen in bathtubs rather than bodies of water, including swimming pools.

"During 2018–2019, the highest percentage of unintentional drowning deaths occurred in bathtubs for ages under 1 year, in swimming pools for ages 1–4 and 5–13, and in natural bodies of water for ages 14–17."

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

If only I had something to talk about other than other people.

I know, right?

 

[cancel2 2022]

no, they are not wrong...

https://poolfence.com/are-guns-more-dangerous-than-your-pool/

Pools are actually more dangerous to your kid than guns are... mostly because folks do not take the time to lock up their pools while most responsible firearm owners do...

From the article I linked to:

Madwitch wrong yet again.

 

[Cypress]

In a domestic dispute spiraling out of control, it is a lot easier to shoot someone during a momentary loss of control due to rage or drug fueled craze than it it to drive a knife into their heart.

Very few people have the nerve, even at their most enraged, to plunge a knife into someone's chest, and repeatedly stab them until they're Dead.

 

[Matt Dillon]

"Nearly 2,400 children and adolescents aged 5-18 died by suicide in the United States in 2018, making suicide the second leading cause of death in this age group.1 Suicide rates among children and adolescents have increased by over 80% over the past decade in the U.S. Of those deaths, about 40% involved firearms. Suicide rates among children and adolescents who live in homes with guns are four times higher than among those in homes without guns. "

Access to Firearms Increases Child and Adolescent Suicide

Suicide is not accidental death. Not sure why the obvious has to be stated.

60% of suicides are NOT by firearm, how 'bout dat?

When I was in school, a kid self immolated with a butcher knife in class. Glad it wasn't my class, because that was very traumatizing to those around, I'm sure. Over a girl.

Guns don't kill people, people kill people.

A gun is a great equalizer for say an old grandma vs. a gang of young hoodlums. Old grandma with the gun can protect herself. I like that.

 

[Legion]

When I was in school, a kid self immolated with a butcher knife in class.

 

[Legion]

In a domestic dispute spiraling out of control, it is a lot easier to shoot someone during a momentary loss of control due to rage or drug fueled craze than it it to drive a knife into their heart.

Personal experience?

 

[volsrock]

It also increases the odds of a child finding it and accidentally hurting himself or someone else. Or using it to commit suicide. I personally knew two young people -- both teens and friends of my own kids -- who did so.

Methods of suicide used by children

The methods of suicide used were majority by hanging or suffocation (78.4%) followed by firearms (18.7%).

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22130898/


Better hide Dads rope and neck ties ....they kill more kids than guns

 

[Nordberg]

The NRA has fought gun information collection with all its considerable power. They have forced politicians to pass laws inhibiting gun data.https://www.npr.org/2018/04/05/599773911/how-the-nra-worked-to-stifle-gun-violence-research The NRA knew that the statistics would be damaging to gun love.

 

[volsrock]

It also increases the odds of a child finding it and accidentally hurting himself or someone else. Or using it to commit suicide. I personally knew two young people -- both teens and friends of my own kids -- who did so.

AGAIN



Methods of suicide used by children

The methods of suicide used were majority by hanging or suffocation (78.4%) followed by firearms (18.7%).

 

[archives]

Facts, LMAO, a study sponsored for a desired outcome. The only people more likely to die are BLM and Anitifa when they enter a house uninvited. Damn liberal idiots

And I thought the kid wearing a hoodie was the one scaring gun huggers, now they are expecting Antifa to be knocking on their door

 

[archives]

If guns are dangerous, then why do morons, like you archives, want only the government to have them???????

What few does, because in their function they might be required, but they are a small minority of the population

 

[Matt Dillon]

In a domestic dispute spiraling out of control, it is a lot easier to shoot someone during a momentary loss of control due to rage or drug fueled craze than it it to drive a knife into their heart.

Very few people have the nerve, even at their most enraged, to plunge a knife into someone's chest, and repeatedly stab them until they're Dead.

Ask me how I know you're not Latin.

 

[archives]

Leftists will lie, cheat, and steal to disarm Americans, because they know they cannot go forward with their authoritarian tyrannical agenda until they do.

Gullible, swallows all the gun manufacturers’ propaganda, no one is coming for your guns, just revealing the facts, and idiocy of Americans have more guns out there than people producing close to forty thousand gun deaths a year

 

[Matt Dillon]

Wtf?! Yeah, that happened. I knew somebody that was in there, it was fuckin' terrible.

 

[Legion]

Wtf?! Yeah, that happened. I knew somebody that was in there, it was fuckin' terrible.

So you say.

 

[evince]

And I thought the kid wearing a hoodie was the one scaring gun huggers, now they are expecting Antifa to be knocking on their door

Because they need to groom the assholes to kill white Americans too

 

[archives]

I bet there is an even greater chance that they will take out the person attacking them.......

But very few, even a speck of Americans, are attacked by anyone, got a better chance getting hit by lightning, you probably wear sneaks 24/7 thinking it keeps you grounded, same logic