http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2017/01/the-rate-of-fatal-firearm-accidents-is.html
Posted on 03/21/2017 10:34:04 AM PDT by rktman
The latest “Injury Facts” report from the National Safety Council shows accidental firearm deaths in 2015 were the lowest they have been in any year since 1903.
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) published figures from the report, showing that “fatal firearms accidents dropped 17 percent from 2014 to 2015 to 489.” Moreover, the figure of 489 accidental firearm deaths is so low, relatively speaking, that it represents “about three-tenths of 1 percent of the 146,571 total accidental deaths from all other listed causes.”
Read it again and think about it — the number of accidental gun deaths in 2015 was roughly “three-tenths of 1 percent of the 146,571 total accidental deaths from all other listed causes.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
And this during the time of record gun sales.
And this decrease would have occurred at a time when gun sales were reaching historic highs.
Good news! But I wonder what the number of “Intentional” gun deaths were in 2015. Those are the figures the Fake News Outlets love to focus on. Cuz Guns are bad. Mmmmmm
Consider the population increase since 1903 and the increased number of firearms in the hands of law abiding citizens and the number goes down even more yugely.
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but deliberate firearm deaths much higher...
Four times the population and probably 10 times as many firearms yet fewer deaths than 1903.
Just more ammo for defi and nannie bloomers to push for more gun regualtions because “if we can shave off another tenth of a percent, it’s worth it”.
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This statistic does raise the question of how much of the drop is due to modern regulations and laws.
Hey! National SAFETY Council!!
Must’a bin all d’oz folks d’at dun got d’at ‘gun safety class’ stuff y’all don’ wanna talk about!
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