Homicide and suicide don't count! Compare to the number who drowned in pools and tubs!
2006-08-23 16:13:18 · 5 answers · asked by Thorbjorn 6 in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
in 2002, the last year that the CDC has the death rates published for, there were 762 people killed by accidental discharge of firearms. (far short if the calmed 1,500) there were a total of 45,380 killed in motor vehicle accidents 16,257 killed in falls, 17,550 with accidental poisoning, and 3,447 in accidental drownings.
lets compare for children
under 1 1 from firearms, 127 from motor vehicles, 16 from falls, 26 from poisonings, 63 from drowning.
for the 1-4 age group 11 from firearms, 610 from motor vehicles, 37 from falls, 31 from poisonings, 454 from drowning.
for 5-14, 48from firearms, 1,614 from motor vehicles, 42 from falls, 43 from poisonings, 321 from drowning.
for 15-24, 210 from firearms, 11,459 from motor vehicles, 247 from falls, 1,679 from poisonings, 629 from drowning.
in violent crimes guns are used in 7.2% of them. most violent crime is committed with out weapons, 70.3% is.
2006-08-25 09:01:51 · answer #1 · answered by emclean 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Guns don't kill people. People use guns to kill other people.
Miss handling, carelessness, improper storage where kids can get at them, etc. are what kill.
If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.
Guns are not difficult to make, neither is the various kinds of gunpowder and detonators.
In the Vietnam war, some of the Vietnamese made shotguns from pieces of pipe. Not very sophisticated, but effective.
2006-08-23 23:19:18 · answer #2 · answered by expatmt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1,500. (Based on FBI statistics of there being 80 million gun owners in the U.S. and the percentage of accidental deaths per gun owner is 0.0000188.)
Fun fact: If homicide is included, American children are more at risk from firearms than the children of any other industrialized nation. In one year, firearms killed no children in Japan, 19 in Great Britain, 57 in Germany, 109 in France, 153 in Canada, and 5,285 in the United States. (Centers for Disease Control)
2006-08-23 23:17:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yo, Bob.
how many kids were unsupervised, killed on accident with a gun, and their parents were not charged with negligent homicide or anything else for that matter?
2006-08-24 00:10:14 · answer #4 · answered by mspriveye 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
more people are killed in car accidents
2006-08-23 23:18:56 · answer #5 · answered by lost in space 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋