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armed and humorous:
Those don't seem to jibe with the aforementioned stats regarding lightning strikes and some others, dcjulie.  I'm not saying your numbers are wrong (I assume you took them from the NSC table), and they don't include lightning strikes; however, I would have thought the odds of death by firearm were, at least, less than that of being killed in a pedestrian/vehichle accident.  I'm guessing those figures include the military personnel killed in action.  Then again, maybe I'm lulled into a sense of safety living in Lincoln, Nebraska, and not considering places like East St. Louis, Detroit, and other high crime areas.

JTH:

--- Quote from: armed and humorous on January 24, 2012, 12:01:27 PM ---Those don't seem to jibe with the aforementioned stats regarding lightning strikes and some others, dcjulie.  I'm not saying your numbers are wrong (I assume you took them from the NSC table), and they don't include lightning strikes; however, I would have thought the odds of death by firearm were, at least, less than that of being killed in a pedestrian/vehichle accident.  I'm guessing those figures include the military personnel killed in action.  Then again, maybe I'm lulled into a sense of safety living in Lincoln, Nebraska, and not considering places like East St. Louis, Detroit, and other high crime areas.

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Well, be careful about how you are reading it---for guns, it does say "Firearm Assault" not "Firearm Accident" which is a significantly different number.  (MUCH lower.)  As such, the odds of being assaulted by someone with a firearm (and dying) is indeed higher than walking and being run over. 

Earlier commentary was talking about different categories, so the results are very different.

armed and humorous:
jthhapkido:

Yes, the original discussion was about accidents.  Still, I'm surprised by the results posted by dcjulie.  I'm still thinking the assault stats must include military deaths in the line of duty to be that high.  Those, of course wouldn't have little bearing when discussing gun rights/legislation and using criminal assaults (or accidents) as a basis for an argument against gun rights.

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