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Gun Accident Statistics

As stated in an earlier post about Kids and Gun Safety, I wrote that fatal accidents with children and firearms is much more rare than other dangers to our children.  This should not stop a responsible parent from keeping a firearm in the home to protect their family.  Here are some statistics to further prove my point:

Causes of Accidental Death of Children

• Motor vehicles (42.4%)
• Suffocation (18.7%)
• Drowning (15.5%)
• Fires (8.8%)
• Bicycles and tricycles (2.3%)
• Poisoning (1.8%)
• Environmental factors (1.7%)
• Falls (1.6%)
• Firearms (1.4%)
• Medical mistakes (0.9%)

Also worth noting is the fact that while the U.S. population has doubled since 1930 and the number of guns owned in the U.S. has quadrupled, the number of accidental deaths due to firearms has decreased 75%. 

Folks, firearms are extremely dangerous things and we need to treat them with sober respect.  However, according to these statistics we should be much more concerned about our children having access to plastic bags and pools than firearms.

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5:08 PM, Thursday, November 13, 2008 .. Posted by Anonymous

lol, even more concerned about tricycles.
~Becky