In 2010
31,672 persons died from firearm injuries in the United States (
accounting for 17.5 percent of all injury deaths in that year. The two major component causes of all
firearm injury deaths in 2010 were suicide (61.2 percent) and homicide (35.0 percent)
Now I wasn't able to pull up exactly how many gun related incidents happen in a year but the thing is it's almost a guarantee you are going to be in a bad situation if you get shot. That's why I don't understand the contrasts you guys are using to clown people with rational fears. Same logic gun lobbyists use
In 2010 26,852 persons died as the result of falls, 14.9 percent of all injury deaths (overwhelming majority of fall-related deaths (96.9 percent) were unintentional. In 2010, the age-
adjusted death rate for falls increased 2.5 percent from 2009
Falling is a big problem. Contractors, construction workers, elderly. etc.
Car Crash Stats: There were nearly 6,420,000 auto accidents in the United States in 2005. The financial cost of these crashes is more than 230 Billion dollars. 2.9 million people were injured and 42,636 people killed.
This is my point. Getting into a car accident isn't a death sentence. While it's a more everyday occurrence and you are more likely to get into a fender bender than get shot or fall from a roller coaster, the point is it isn't a death sentence. Getting shot and falling from a roller coaster