re: #386 wrenchwench

Non-NRA, sure, but says right in there they are ‘the trade association for the firearms industry’, which might be why their report is limited to ‘unintentional fatalities’. Does any trade association for weapons produce a report including people who had no intention of shooting a human with the weapon they bought, but ended up killing a relative or themselves on purpose? That is the public health issue.

Also says in their that hunting is safer than bicycling or skateboarding. Gimme a break. Bicycles and skateboards are safer than guns to have around the house.

That’s not accidents. It’s a comment in response to comments about gun accidents. Sorry, that’s fair game in our discussions, no? Before you dismiss it via source, show me a link with contrary accident data from a neutral source. Or even HCI. Or whoever.

There is a reason I opened up the comment as I did. We in the sport work toward zero accidents. Never gonna get there, no more than any other human activity. Do you think it inappropriate to discuss accidents as accidents a moment? Why would that be? Crime is one thing. Suicide another. And accidents. As to skateboards etc, I think the problem is serious injuries are really common.

But if the accident rate has declined, and or is lower than what some may have thought, why is that not considered good news? Comments linking accidents keep coming up. Point and laugh or worse. At some point it’s fair to drop in a link to real numbers.

The reports you talk about are not hard to find. Get as mad as you want at the fact that sporting or safety organizations will point out how safety their sport is when properly run. Once a report is compiled, it’s fair game to cite and evaluate factually. Does the car industry publish reports on how cars are used in crimes? I have never seen that if so.