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Dan W:
http://uscca.us/ccr/view_post.php?postId=603


--- Quote ---Anti-gun activists would have you believe that accidental deaths from firearms are all but wiping out an entire generation of citizens. But the truth is that you're more likely to get struck by lightning than to die from a firearm accident.

Data recently released by the National Center for Health Statistics shows that in 2008, the number and per capita rate of accidental firearm deaths fell to an all-time low. There were 592 accidental firearm deaths (0.19 such accidents per 100,000 population) in 2008, as compared to 613 accidents (.20 per 100,000) in 2007. In 2008, the chance of a child dying in a firearm accident was roughly one in a million.

According to the National Lightning Safety Institute, the odds of being struck by lightning are 1 in 280,000. In other words, it is 3 times more likely that a child will be struck by lightning than die from a firearm accident.
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armed and humorous:
Absolutely!  And, if people are going to argue we should take away guns because they kill people accidentally, there are oh so many other things that kill a heck of a lot more people we should be worrying about (like soda pop, farm tractors, and space heaters, just to name a few).

bk09:
I believe back when I had drivers ed we were told 40,000 people die in car accidents a year. When I told my hoplophobe mother I bought guns she assumed I would have an accident and die right away. Simply told her that she should never let me go on the road since that is far more likely and out of my control to an extent.

HuskerXDM:
Obviously those statistics can't be true since we all know the Brady Campain is the only entity with accurate firearms statistics.  :P

armed and humorous:
I teach drivers ed now, and we're still telling students 40,000 die each year.  I've got to wonder how long it's been since bradkoll to the class?  :)  Maybe our stats need an update.

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