2aguy
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And of course, anti gunners know nothing that is true, factual or real when it comes to gun ownership in the United States....as we went from 200 million guns in the 1990s...to close to 400 million guns in 2016....our gun accident rate went down, not up....
The Weird Thing That Happened As Firearms Sales Surged -- The Motley Fool
Safety above all else
National Safety Council just released its Injury Facts 2017 report compiling 2015 data, and it found that accidental firearms fatalities tumbled 17% from 2014 to 2015 to just 489 deaths, or just 0.003% of the total, the lowest since record-keeping began in 1903. And that decline occurred even as total accidental deaths from all other listed causes actually rose 8% to 146,571. The NSC also notes there is a one in 370 chance of dying by firearm assault, or about three times lower than from dying from falling. In fact, it says the No. 1 cause of unintentional death in the country comes from accidental poisoning, something that wasn't even prevalent till the 1990s, yet it has since rocketed to the top spot.
Even with the uptick in violent crime that's been recorded recently, lawful gun owners remain concerned with safety, which explains why despite soaring gun sales, few people are actually accidentally injured by them.
The Weird Thing That Happened As Firearms Sales Surged -- The Motley Fool
Safety above all else
National Safety Council just released its Injury Facts 2017 report compiling 2015 data, and it found that accidental firearms fatalities tumbled 17% from 2014 to 2015 to just 489 deaths, or just 0.003% of the total, the lowest since record-keeping began in 1903. And that decline occurred even as total accidental deaths from all other listed causes actually rose 8% to 146,571. The NSC also notes there is a one in 370 chance of dying by firearm assault, or about three times lower than from dying from falling. In fact, it says the No. 1 cause of unintentional death in the country comes from accidental poisoning, something that wasn't even prevalent till the 1990s, yet it has since rocketed to the top spot.
Even with the uptick in violent crime that's been recorded recently, lawful gun owners remain concerned with safety, which explains why despite soaring gun sales, few people are actually accidentally injured by them.
