The United Sportsmen of Florida have compiled two fact sheets that provide a wealth of insight into the safety of gun ownership, hunting and shooting.
Citing data sources including the National Center for Health Statistics, the National Safety Council, the Bureau of the Census, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and firearms industry reports, the 2009 Fact Sheet on Firearms Accidents proves that despite a doubling of our country's population since 1930, and a quintupling in the number of privately owned firearms, the annual number of accidental firearms deaths has decreased 75%. In fact, the fatal firearm accident rate has decreased 92% since the all-time high recorded in 1904.
During the last 25 years, the fatal firearm accident rate has experienced the greatest decline among principle types and classes of accidental deaths. The rate of fatal firearm accidents per 100,000 people is 0.27 nationwide. Motor vehicle accidents top the list at 15.3, poisoning at 8.0, falls 6.6, suffocation and choking 2.0. The rate of deaths from drowning, fires and burns, medical "misadventures", environmental factors and even bicycle/ tricycle accidents are all higher than from firearms.
When comparing the number of firearm accidents to other accidents, 57 times more Americans die in motor vehicle accidents, 30 times more die from poisoning, 25 times more die from falls, 7 times more die from choking and suffocation, 5 times more from drowning, 4 times more from fires, and 3 times more from medical "misadventures" and environmental factors respectively.
Nationwide, the annual number of fatal firearm accidents among children has decreased 86% since 1975. ...
Read the rest here. Good stats for your next debate with those who believe the anti-gun propaganda.
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