Posted on 04/05/2021 10:42:29 AM PDT by rktman
Federal data on causes of death in America show that, as recently as 2018, falling accounted for at least 126 times as many fatalities as rifles of any kind — an inconvenient fact for Democrat lawmakers who are currently demanding a new round of nationwide gun controls.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) 2018 National Vital Statistics show 37,455 people died from unintentional falls throughout the year.
The same CDC data shows unintentional firearm deaths for 2018 came in at 458, which means accidental death by falling was about 82 times more likely than accidental death via any kind of firearm.
The numbers become especially pertinent to today’s political climate when FBI Unified Crime Report figures are brought into the equation. The FBI figures look at the intentional, criminal use of firearms, and show a total of 297 deaths from rifles of any kind in 2018. This means accidental death by falling occurred 126 times more often than intentional death by a rifle of any kind in 2018.
Breitbart News reported other FBI figures for 2018 showing death by hammers and clubs far exceeded death by rifles of any kind as well. Whereas there were 297 deaths by rifle, 443 people were killed with hammers, clubs, or other “blunt objects.”
The Democrats want to ban AR-15s, AK-47s, and other commonly-owned semiautomatic rifles that make up only a fraction of the deaths in which rifles of any kind were used.
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bkmk
(facepalm).
I seriously didn’t recognize the abbreviation. Wondering how Office of Management and Budget figured into this.
You guys have it all wrong. What we need is CALENDAR REFORM to eliminate falls.
People get excited about guns because they make loud noises.
Other forms of death are the silent killers. Bathtubs are silent but deadly.
Put John Vietnam Kerry in charge
You should have to pass a background check to own Joe Biden, then.
All 20 ft ladders should be outlawed.
But isn’t it the COVID that is causing the falls?
Nope, you’ve got that almost backwards.
If someone falls off a ten story building and on his way down looks into a window and sees someone who has the virus, the faller’s death is listed as “COVID related”
Get Gravity Cancelled?????
The remedy for human-caused gravity is higher taxes and more restrictions on personal freedom.
/Leftthink
Ban assault gravity.
Curbs need to be outlawed.
Add SloJoe to the list.…………soon as he goes head first down Air Force 1 stairs.
bump
I’m a senior who is in pretty good shape and who has had four hellacious falls in the past two years. The latest being last Wednesday. Got really banged up. Knocked myself out once. Afraid of Covid? Pffft. Falling down? Terrified.
Outlaw ice!
This is so wrong. NOBODY dies from a fall. Its the landing that gets you.
It would be interesting to see the demographics on the people who die as the result of a fall. I would venture to guess that it’s heavily weighted toward senior citizens. As a senior, I am aware that my balance and coordination are not what they used to be, therefore, I am extremely careful when on stairs, either up or down (cueing J. Biden here).
The third leading cause of preventable death (est up to 250K per annum) in the US is medical errors...
Does this mean you’re at much greater risk seeing a doctor than going to the rifle range?
You’re 5 times more likely to be killed by (someone’s) fists and feet than with an AR15...But of course it’s about people control, not about the guns...
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