Hmm... I seem to recall reading the stat in Freakonomics. I'll go look it up and get back to you.
On Apr 28, 2009, at 11:55 PM, Paul LeBeau wrote: > > Joshua Marinacci wrote: > >> It's the same reason we try to ban guns to protect children but not >> swimming pools, which kill far more kids. > > I understand the point you were trying to make Josh, and this response > is way off topic, but a simple google search proves this completely > wrong: > > "In a single year, 3,012 children and teens were killed by gunfire in > the United States" > Source: http://www.neahin.org/programs/schoolsafety/gunsafety/statistics.htm > > "In 2005, there were 3,582 fatal unintentional drownings in the > United States" > Source: > http://www.cdc.gov/HomeandRecreationalSafety/Water-Safety/waterinjuries-factsheet.htm > > ...of which "over 65%" (~2328) were in swimming pools > Source: http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/bathing/srwe2chap2.pdf > (p13) > > > So guns kill far more children than swimming pools. Then if you > factor in all the adult deaths, the comparison gets even worse (30,000 > for guns vs. 4000 for ALL drownings). > Not to mention it's very hard to walk into a convenience store armed > with a swimming pool. :) > > Sorry for being WAY off topic, but just couldn't let that go by. > > Paul > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
