Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Use of deadly force to protect property [View all]SheilaT
(23,156 posts)A fast google search says about 500 children die each year from gun accidents. Lovely that the rate is falling but that's more than one child a day. Each and every day. One or two today. One or two tomorrow. One or two on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, your birthday.
And if more kids die from other causes, does that make the gun deaths perfectly okay? Not to me.
Drowning deaths are largely preventable, but only a tenth as many people (again, from a fast look on the internet) die in this country each year from drowning than from accidental gunshots.
I'm reminded of the people who think dying from smoking -related causes is perfectly okay, because after all, look at how many people die from drunk-driving accidents. One act of stupidity is not okay just because you don't engage in some other act of stupidity.