dksuddeth

don't know. I'm not a big fan of the NRA because of its compromise policy. BUT, according to the CDC, in 2001 Firearm misuse caused only a small number of accidental deaths in the U.S.
For example, compared to accidental death from firearms, you are:
• Four times more likely to burn to death or drown
• 17 times more likely to be poisoned
• 19 times more likely to fall
• And 53 times more likely to die in an automobile accident

Now, this is only accidental deaths, not suicides or homicides. In my opinion, suicides shouldn't count because if someone wants to take their life, not having a gun isn't going to stop them.

When you consider that guns are used defensively about 2.5 million times a year and, according to the FBI estimates of crimes committed with firearms, Guns are used 65 times more often to prevent a crime than to commit one.

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