From: [REDACTED] at [hprnd.rose.hp.com] (Steve Kao)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.guns
Subject: Re: A probable FAQ
Date: 25 Oct 1993 21:34:56 GMT

RKBA.001 - Accidental deaths by firearms and by other means
           April 21, 1990, version 1.0

DESCRIPTION
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Firearms are NOT a leading cause of accidental deaths. Accidental falls 
and drowning together kill more than TEN times the number of people 
accidently killed by firearms. The accidental death rate per capita for 
firearms has been declining steadily for over 50 years (see RKBA.002).

CONCLUSION
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Mandatory swimming lessons and safety in dealing with heights (ladders 
etc.) would be money better spent than mandatory firearms training.


The Y-axis increment in the table below is 2,000.


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  48,700    11,300  5,300     4,800  4,400   3,200    1,400   1,000
  motor     falls   drowning  fires  poison  choking  guns    poison
  vehicles                           lq/sld                   gas


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