Gun accidents one of the least likely ways to die...

[2aguy]

This is a look at the type of accidents that kill people...guns are way, way, way down on the list...and yet they absorb so much news time...the chart in the post will not copy for me...you will have to go there yourself to see that accidental gun deaths are at the bottom of the list of things that will kill you...

Gun Accidents VS Self Defense Shootings | Extrano's Alley, a gun blog

The total number of fatal firearms accidents was 587. Breaking that down: from media reports, 286 of those were outdoors activity/hunting related; leaving 301 firearms accidents; including 5 police officers killed in gun accidents.

However, that still leaves us with 587 accidental firearms deaths.

Turning to self defense shootings, combining the health care system statistics with the data from the FBI Uniform Crime Report suggests there were just over 1,600 self defense homicides during 2011.

In round numbers, there were 5.3 times as many self defense homicides as non-outdoors activity related accidental gun deaths. Put another way, a family member is 5.3 times as likely to shoot a criminal to death as another family member or invited guest.

But of course, that is not all of the story. Prison surveys suggest the possible presence of a gun avert more than ten million serious crimes a year. For reasons this YouTube clip, with pre-background check crime gun source data makes clear: