2aguy
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I was inspired to post this because of another thread trying to guilt American gun owners because of an accidental death due a negligent discharge of a gun......
In 2013 there were 320,000,000 people in the United States...now try to imagine that.
In 2013 there were over 320,000,000 guns in private hands.
In 2013 there were 505 accidental gun deaths.
Now...I keep posting this truth, this fact and this reality....and the anti gunners either don't get it or ignore it because it doesn't support their world view on guns...they simply hate guns.
To help people understand what those numbers actually mean...try this visualization......
take the entire population of the United States, 320,000,000 and make them disappear....perhaps they are vacationing in the Bahamas....
So now the entire land mass of the United States is empty of human beings...
visualize that.
Now put 505 people back on that land mass....that is how many people were accidentally killed by guns in 2013...when there were over 320,000,000 guns in private hands....
505 people in the entire land mass of the United States...from sea to shining sea..........
Try to visualize that.
I hope that helps show how small the number of people killed by gun accidents are....how rare and still, how tragic that may be...but considering that Americans use guns 1,500,000 times a year to stop violent criminal attack and save lives.......I think the numbers speak for themselves......
And if anti gun nuts like paint would help get gun safety education in public schools......lives could be saved......
And another thought....instead of trying to disarm normal, law abiding gun owners who are not using guns to commit murder...how about sponsoring Public Service Announcements that remind people to simply store their guns safely and to be aware of where their gun is at all times....
The anti gun nuts won't support either idea....they need dead people from guns to push their agenda.....
In 2013 there were 320,000,000 people in the United States...now try to imagine that.
In 2013 there were over 320,000,000 guns in private hands.
In 2013 there were 505 accidental gun deaths.
Now...I keep posting this truth, this fact and this reality....and the anti gunners either don't get it or ignore it because it doesn't support their world view on guns...they simply hate guns.
To help people understand what those numbers actually mean...try this visualization......
take the entire population of the United States, 320,000,000 and make them disappear....perhaps they are vacationing in the Bahamas....
So now the entire land mass of the United States is empty of human beings...
visualize that.
Now put 505 people back on that land mass....that is how many people were accidentally killed by guns in 2013...when there were over 320,000,000 guns in private hands....
505 people in the entire land mass of the United States...from sea to shining sea..........
Try to visualize that.
I hope that helps show how small the number of people killed by gun accidents are....how rare and still, how tragic that may be...but considering that Americans use guns 1,500,000 times a year to stop violent criminal attack and save lives.......I think the numbers speak for themselves......
And if anti gun nuts like paint would help get gun safety education in public schools......lives could be saved......
And another thought....instead of trying to disarm normal, law abiding gun owners who are not using guns to commit murder...how about sponsoring Public Service Announcements that remind people to simply store their guns safely and to be aware of where their gun is at all times....
The anti gun nuts won't support either idea....they need dead people from guns to push their agenda.....