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Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
2. Under 15 yoa gun-accident rate: under 70 a YEAR...
Thu Jan 12, 2017, 04:34 PM
Jan 2017

If you are betting, put your $ on electrocution, falls, drowning, household poisons, burns, etc. FAR MORE kids killed/year. But not as glamorous and newsworthy to WaPo, etc.

jonno99

(2,620 posts)
4. drunk drivers -
Thu Jan 12, 2017, 05:20 PM
Jan 2017

drunk drivers = ~200 dead kids per year.

But again, because it's not about guns, drunk-related deaths are not glamorous either.

 

Elmergantry

(884 posts)
5. You take happiness in gun stories
Thu Jan 12, 2017, 06:45 PM
Jan 2017

that have a bad ending?

That's a shame, really.

I like to focus on the positive outcomes myself.

Patiod

(11,816 posts)
11. Here's another happy gun story
Fri Jan 13, 2017, 04:06 PM
Jan 2017

The NH legislator's gun didn't go off when she dropped it, so none of the little children that were at the hearings about full-day kindergarten got shot! Yay!

http://www.nh1.com/news/nh-state-rep-drops-her-handgun-at-start-of-hearing-just-feet-from-young-kids/

 

friendly_iconoclast

(15,333 posts)
14. Don't get discouraged-you have a role model for 'perseverance in the face of continuing failure':
Sun Jan 15, 2017, 05:25 PM
Jan 2017
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_Party

I have no doubt whatsover you will achieve your goals at the same time they achieve theirs...

jmg257

(11,996 posts)
8. Ugh - and don't forget to add the way-too-many stories about toddlers drowning...
Fri Jan 13, 2017, 02:48 PM
Jan 2017
350 children under the age of five drown in pools each year nationwide.

The majority of the deaths occur in June, July and August; most in backyard pools.

Among unintentional injuries, drowning is the second leading cause of death to this age group after motor vehicle accidents. In some Sunbelt states such as California, Florida and Arizona, drowning is the leading cause of accidental death to children under five.


http://www.momsteam.com/sports/swimming/safety/grim-statistics-on-child-drownings#ixzz4VfmXjnfj


 

Elmergantry

(884 posts)
15. we need
Mon Jan 16, 2017, 11:36 AM
Jan 2017

Common sense pool control laws so that the State can deem a parent is fit enough to have the privilige of a pool.

pablo_marmol

(2,375 posts)
6. We keep losing winnable elections because The Controllers refuse to acknowledge.......
Fri Jan 13, 2017, 12:41 AM
Jan 2017

.........that it isn't the raw number of guns that's the issue, but WHO HAS THEM.

But hey, let's keep our dishonest moral poutrage going. It's not like folks in critical states have paid attention to what Hillary has said about "assault weapons", "gun show loopholes" etc.

Patiod

(11,816 posts)
10. Poutrage? Where am I? FreeRepublic?
Fri Jan 13, 2017, 03:50 PM
Jan 2017

Saw the original happy and shiny gun love post in the Latest Forum, and made the mistake of commenting, not noticing that it was a a post from the Gungeon, where there is no disrespecting The Precious.

And the problem with WHO HAS THEM is that EVERYONE has them and it's damned hard to get them off of nutjobs who shouldn't have them.

pablo_marmol

(2,375 posts)
12. So you're not aware that the vast majority of violent gun crimes......
Sat Jan 14, 2017, 04:40 AM
Jan 2017

........are committed by those with extensive criminal records?

Why am I not surprised.

Have any constructive suggestions on how to keep guns out of the hands of individuals who shouldn't have them -- or is hand-wringing all you've got?
 

friendly_iconoclast

(15,333 posts)
13. "(C)onstructive suggestions"? Naw, just hand-wringing, culture war-mongering, and collective guilt
Sun Jan 15, 2017, 05:11 PM
Jan 2017

Prohibitionists are obvious to all but themselves

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