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Re: *Child* Handgun Death Rate
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 17 Jul 2001 21:42:22 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
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> > > http://www.doctorsagainsthandguninjury.org/purpose.html
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> > Take a look at the number of kids who have been killed buy guns. It is
> shocking.
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> Do you mean this:
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> Based on 1998 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over
> 37% of the 866 people who died from unintentional firearm wounds were under the
> age of 21 ?
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> Shockingly low if you compare it to what popular media would have you believe.
> 320 American kids died in one year as a result of accidental firearms deaths.
> That's certainly not a good thing, but it hardly seems like a tragedy of epic
> proportions given our population.
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> Chris
on a related note (well, somewhat at least) The preacher at my church asked
how many people in the congregation had been involved in automobile
accidents...out of a group of about fifty people, just under a dozen raised
their hands.
personally, I have passed by more than a dozen accidents in the last three
years and have met almost just as many people who have been victims/cause.
on the flip side, i have only met two people who have been shot (one I met
in the Navy, teh other was a veteran) and have not known anyone who has been
killed or has commited suicide with guns...
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| (...) shocking. Do you mean this: Based on 1998 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 37% of the 866 people who died from unintentional firearm wounds were under the age of 21 ? Shockingly low if you compare it to what (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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