So do I, but even using his figures, it doesn't compute.
Jamie
On 6/22/2011 19:41, Jeanette wrote:
I find it hard to believe that half of youth gun deaths are because of
parents leaving their guns accessable when there are so many gang and
drug related shootings.
/Jeanette Burrage/
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From: Jamie Fraser-Paige <[email protected]>
To: rufx2 <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Sent: Wed, Jun 22, 2011 4:44 pm
Subject: Re: Firearmsregprof -doctors
He seems to be a staff writer for -- or at least a frequent
contributor to -- Medical News Today. The only biographical
information I could get in a quick search was this, from MediLexicon
<http://www.medilexicon.org/ourteam.php> Intl. "Sy Kraft, BA, Writer
Sy has a BA in Journalism from California State University and worked
at Ogilvy, prior to that he was Principal at G2 (Grey Global)."
MediLexicon seems to be the parent of Medical News Today.
More important, where did he learn to do math? He cites "Approximately
half of youth gun deaths, or more than 1,500 per year, occur because
parents, relatives or friends leave guns accessible to kids." OK, one
dead kid whose death could have been prevented by locking up guns is
probably one too many. But that's 1,500 for the _/entire nation/_.
Kraft goes on to cite these numbers for New York State: "In New York
State alone, more than 95,000 youths live in homes with loaded
weapons, and over 52,000 of these households have loaded and unlocked
firearms." The number of kids killed with unsecured guns nationwide
is less than 3% of the total number of kids "exposed" to unsecured
guns /_in just one state_/! So the 1,500 kids is pretty small potatoes
epidemiological speaking, wouldn't you say? Of course, I;m not a
doctor and I;ve never played one on TV. But I can see a lies when it;s
right there in front of me.
Jamie
On 6/22/2011 15:14, rufx2 wrote:
Who is “Sy Kraft”
The Center to Prevent Youth Violence (PAX), in collaboration with the
American Academy of Pediatrics, created the ASK (Asking Saves Kids)
campaign. ASK is a national public health initiative that provides
something real every parent can do to keep their children safe.
Article posted at Medical News Today on 6/22/11 by ‘Sy Kraft’
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/229340..php
<http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/229340.php>
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