re: #39 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

I have a more-than-usual interest in accidental discharges, since I am still occasionally annoyed by the 37 year old tunnel of scar tissue through my left leg.

Wikipedia Gun violence in the United States

In 2013, there were 73,505 nonfatal firearm injuries (23.2 injuries per 100,000 persons), and 33,636 deaths due to “injury by firearms” (10.6 deaths per 100,000 persons). These deaths included 21,175 suicides, 11,208 homicides, 505 deaths due to accidental or negligent discharge of a firearm, and 281 deaths due to firearms use with “undetermined intent”.

It is quite striking, and I think under-reported, that a sizable majority of gun deaths are actually suicides. In their homicidal ignorance, gun humpers will say that suicide victims would just find another way, but nothing is as easy or as certain as a gun.