Hate to say it, but the firearm accident rate has gone down steadily. Which could mean that regulation DOES reduce problems with guns.
Watch what you celebrate.
Wifey always wanted to fill in the pool, I said , Cool , let’s put in a putting green.. , it’s seen a lot more use in its day but.. There’s always another generation of babies in the chute to toss in.. Now if I could just convince the poodles its safe.
Sink or swim happens.. like firearms, pools and their use require early training and able supervision.
SAFETY FIRST!
Instead of doctors asking people if they have guns at home, they should be asking about pools.
Everything is or can be deemed dangerous.
I was a former pool owner and I also designed, sold and built custom in-ground gunite pools.
The liability insurance for building a “Diving Pool” is insane. The diving board manufactures had to make their boards with virtually NO FLEX in them and if you installed a diving board, you may be held liable. None of this makes any sense, since diving into a pool that is 10’ deep is safer than diving into one that is 5’ deep.
There are of course minimum requirements regarding the slope etc.
People will always figure out a way to do something really stupid and dangerous.
It’s our legal system that wants to hold the stupidity of individuals harmless.
BTW, building residential in-ground pools has got to be one of the worst jobs anybody can do.
This numbers are meaningless to a committed gun banner. If you mention them to a gun banner, he will counter that swimming pools have a useful social purpose which offsets the dangers. But guns do not. IOW, you need a pool but you don’t need a gun.
BTW, if you think the numbers on pools are bad compared to guns, look up the numbers on how many children drown in plastic buckets. Compare those numbers to how many children are killed by guns. (But be careful with which numbers you use. Gun banners like to include drug trafficing gang members under the age of 24 as children.)
We need common-sense swimming pool regulations. Nobody needs a high-capacity pool to enjoy their summer.
Keep kids out of the hot tubs if you want the water to stay clean for a while.
That warm water affects them...
We bought a house about 10 years ago that has a pool. The insurance guy asks whether it has a slide? It does and a diving board. He said “take the slide out”. He says most insurance claims are because of kids falling off slides. We didn’t, but had to get another insurance company. I hate the damn pool and have to be an ahole(which comes easily) when the grandkids come over.
A pool is supposed to be fun, but if you have one, you soon realize a lot of potential problems.