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Gun Control & RKBA

Eleanors38

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2. Under 15 yoa gun-accident rate: under 70 a YEAR...

Reply to Patiod (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 12, 2017, 04:34 PM

Jan 2017

If you are betting, put your $ on electrocution, falls, drowning, household poisons, burns, etc. FAR MORE kids killed/year. But not as glamorous and newsworthy to WaPo, etc.

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Another gun story with happy ending [View all] Elmergantry Jan 2017 OP

Nice, but I'll see your story and raise you several about toddlers shooting one another Patiod Jan 2017 #1

Under 15 yoa gun-accident rate: under 70 a YEAR... Eleanors38 Jan 2017 #2

drunk drivers - jonno99 Jan 2017 #4

You take happiness in gun stories Elmergantry Jan 2017 #5

Well, here's one that ended positively Patiod Jan 2017 #9

Here's another happy gun story Patiod Jan 2017 #11

Don't get discouraged-you have a role model for 'perseverance in the face of continuing failure': friendly_iconoclast Jan 2017 #14

Ugh - and don't forget to add the way-too-many stories about toddlers drowning... jmg257 Jan 2017 #8

we need Elmergantry Jan 2017 #15

"...told to stop attack... he didn't." Got some real trash out there, folks. Eleanors38 Jan 2017 #3

We keep losing winnable elections because The Controllers refuse to acknowledge....... pablo_marmol Jan 2017 #6

Poutrage? Where am I? FreeRepublic? Patiod Jan 2017 #10

So you're not aware that the vast majority of violent gun crimes...... pablo_marmol Jan 2017 #12

"(C)onstructive suggestions"? Naw, just hand-wringing, culture war-mongering, and collective guilt friendly_iconoclast Jan 2017 #13

Thankfully, yagotme Jan 2017 #7