Interesting stats

[spleify]

I saw this on another site and thought I would share here.

I dont know where these stats are from, or how accurate they are. But interesting none the less.

Interesting stats:

Firearms are involved in 0.5% of accidental deaths nationally, compared to motor vehicles (37%), poisoning (22%), falls (17%), suffocation (5%), drowning (2.9%), fires (2.5%), medical mistakes (1.7%), environmental factors (1.3%), and pedal cycles (0.7%). Among children: motor vehicles (41%), suffocation (21%), drowning (15%), fires (8%), pedal cycles (2%), poisoning (2%), falls (1.9%), environmental factors (1.5%), firearms (1.1%) and medical mistakes (1%).

[iamhunter]

Interesting stats:

Firearms are involved in 0.5% of accidental deaths nationally, compared to motor vehicles (37%), poisoning (22%), falls (17%), suffocation (5%), drowning (2.9%), fires (2.5%), medical mistakes (1.7%), environmental factors (1.3%), and pedal cycles (0.7%). Among children: motor vehicles (41%), suffocation (21%), drowning (15%), fires (8%), pedal cycles (2%), poisoning (2%), falls (1.9%), environmental factors (1.5%), firearms (1.1%) and medical mistakes (1%).


confused?

[spleify]

I just thought it was interesting. Maybe not

It shows the small percentage of what fireams contribute to accidental deaths, but yet all the talk about banning firearms.

[Irving]

He's saying he's confused about the 1.1% for children.

Just shows that children are more likely to be killed accidentally than adults. I guess that makes sense. All the more reason to always execute extreme caution around firearms and train your children well.

I've seen people abuse the statistics on this before though. Namely saying that doctors kill more people than guns do. That is true, but generally you don't go see a doctor until your life is threatened in the first place, so the stat can be misleading.

I've always found it fascinating how up in arms society can be about guns, yet we hand out cars like candy to all our teenagers. Purely a media thing in my opinion.

[Byte Stryke]

I've always found it fascinating how up in arms society can be about guns, yet we hand out cars like candy to all our teenagers. Purely a media thing in my opinion.

Shit you not... Sitting at a light that had JUST turned Green.. watched a carload of Teenagers run it against the light (just turned red)
Driver was texting.. Passenger was unbuckled and turned around over the seat, ass in the air doing something in back to the other passengers...
and if he wasn't doing 60 in a 40... oi

Kids...

[Half Live]

Shit you not... Sitting at a light that had JUST turned Green.. watched a carload of Teenagers run it against the light (just turned red)
Driver was texting.. Passenger was unbuckled and turned around over the seat, ass in the air doing something in back to the other passengers...
and if he wasn't doing 60 in a 40... oi

Kids...


I know what you mean. Since I drive about 200 miles a day for work, I see kids do crazy things.

[bjl913]

I know what you mean. Since I drive about 200 miles a day for work, I see kids do crazy things.

Oh man, if i could write a book about the things i see moron kids do in highlands ranch behind the wheel of cars worth 100x more than they have ever earned at their "jobs"...

My favorite is the kid that is holding the steering wheel for the driver that is turned around grabbing something in the back, while he is texting on his phone with the other hand...

I had one time i was passed by a brand spankin new honda civic doing 60+ occupied at LEAST 10 times! including some poor sap laying across the rear deck lid... needless to say DCSO got a call with a plate pronto on that one!

[RobertB]

I've seen people abuse the statistics on this before though. Namely saying that doctors kill more people than guns do. That is true, but generally you don't go see a doctor until your life is threatened in the first place, so the stat can be misleading.

Well, you generally don't see that gun until it's pointed at you and threatening your life in the first place, so it's hardly incomparable. :)

[iamhunter]

I've seen people abuse the statistics on this before though. Namely saying that doctors kill more people than guns do. That is true, but generally you don't go see a doctor until your life is threatened in the first place, so the stat can be misleading.

How do you explain "pedal cycles" being more dangerous than guns? [ROFL1]

[cowboykjohnson]

Well I don't roll out into heavy traffic on a state highway with my gun, at least not usually!
[Beer]

[Byte Stryke]

How do you explain "pedal cycles" being more dangerous than guns? [ROFL1]


Northglenn...
circa 1980something
coming off of water tower hill I hit a Parked car on my bicycle...
trip to the hospital with lots of broken bones.

its only funny until a Buick jumps in front of YOU


[ROFL1]

[Fried Chicken Blowout]

I can tell you that in 15 years as a paramedic and 5 years as an Emergency Nurse, I've NEVER seen an accidental death by firearm. I've seen a few suicides and a bunch of shootings... But I've seen WAY more people stabbed and killed by stabbing than I've seen shot... If you you were magically able to take away all guns tomorrow, I guarantee you that there would be no reduction in overall deaths.