In the last 5 months there have been at least 71 kids killed by guns. Average just under 6 years old

[Demo_Chris]

282. One death per MILLION children is quite small given all the noise about it here

And I already offered you something to compare it against... drowning. Look into that. Or if drowing deaths aren't interesting enough feel free to substitute your own. Perhaps accidental or intentional poisoning is more your speed. Or perhaps... instead of focussing on the ONE PER MILLION deaths by firearms, you could devote the attention to the one in FIVE children in America who went to bed last night without food -- the ones who's only meal is their vanishing school lunch.

If you want to discuss gun control you will have to look elsewhere. I am quite familiar with the issue, I am more than knowlegeable about these weapons, I understand the issue in a way few gun control aficianados here seemingly match... but I don't really care about it one way or the other. I don't currently own any guns and have no plans to purchase any, but that's not the reason why. I don't care to discuss it here because I think there are FAR more important issues we should be focussed on; I think the gun control side of the debate here is emotional, abusive and often ignorant; and no meaningful gun control legislation can possibly pass anyway. It cannot pass the House, it would never pass the Senate, and if real gun legislation reached his desk Obama wouldn't sign it. So instead what we have is a bunch of people waving dead kids like props and screaming at each other over meaningless feel-good candyfloss legislation. No thanks.