You are right, but it took me a second... at first I thought it was a swipe at gun ownership which is more typically associated with murder by people in our society. My wife sets up displays at museums and special events and gives talks about military history and veterans. She likes to use military abbreviations like OD for olive drab which was army green during World War II, or HBTs for herringbone twill which refers to the working cotton uniforms worn by servicemen and women in early WWII. I have told her on multiple occasions that a large percentage of her audience doesn't know what she is talking about and tones her out when she does this.
Actually, in 2017, statistics show that 486 people died after accidentally being shot with a gun which is #59 out of a list of 61 leading causes of death by CBS, yet which lists it on the first page: https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/death-index-top-50-ways-americans-die/2/
My wife sets up displays at museums and special events and gives talks about military history and veterans. She likes to use military abbreviations like OD for olive drab which was army green during World War II, or HBTs for herringbone twill which refers to the working cotton uniforms worn by servicemen and women in early WWII. I have told her on multiple occasions that a large percentage of her audience doesn't know what she is talking about and tones her out when she does this.
That is understandably, but many today under 25 do not know who fought in WW2.