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Gun Control & RKBA

Eleanors38

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4. Total number of under 15 yoa killed in gun accidents is well below 100/a yr....

Reply to Cassiopeia (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 27, 2016, 02:40 PM

Apr 2016

MSM is MUCH MORE LIKELY to publicize kids killed by guns than by

Electrocution
Falls
Drowning
Poisoning
etc.

...all of which kill far more children. So, yes, you will hear this "several times over the last couple of years."

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Woman, 26, driving down Milwaukee highway is shot dead by child in backseat [View all] Eugene Apr 2016 OP

I bet purse carry is to blame. On your person or lock it up, guns can be dangerous ileus Apr 2016 #1

It seems like I've read this story several times over the last couple of years. Cassiopeia Apr 2016 #2

Total number of under 15 yoa killed in gun accidents is well below 100/a yr.... Eleanors38 Apr 2016 #4

Um, this was an adult killed by her child. Cassiopeia Apr 2016 #5

Indeed. I wonder how many incidents of these tragedies there are? Eleanors38 Apr 2016 #6

If only the poor woman had had a gun.......... lastlib Apr 2016 #3