Why are people buying the line that this was driven primarily mental illness

[Pholus]

156. I can understand why you want to change the topic.

Anything to avoid what the numbers are saying.

Look, if you want to start talking about all the stupid ways people injure themselves with even everyday items you're just arguing my point. Given the high representation of gunners you'd claim among the general population you have no grounds to cherry pick out general conclusions from any kind of injury.

And you're right. People injure themselves in the stupidest and most reckless ways they can. But given their representation in the general population it turns out most "responsible" gun owners probably shouldn't even be trusted with anything more than a soup spoon -- let alone those lethal mini-cannons deemed "rifles" these days thanks to 30 years of lobbying by those idiots at the NRA.

But that is a digression. The main point is that your 99.9999% figure was a BS off the top of your head number with NO basis in reality whatsoever.

And I think the point has been neatly made.