Posted on 10/12/2005 12:14:35 PM PDT by holymoly
you ain't wrong.
the VPC excels in smoke and mirrors.
look at their BS regarding guns and kids.
note the total lack of raw data or explanation of sampling methodology.
You'd get the impression that kids are dying left and right in the US, going by their "Prime fact: the US death rate for kids <14 is TWELVE TIMES that of..."
blah blah blah.
but, if you actually look up the REAL data, you find:
http://www.nsc.org/lrs/statfaq.htm
Children Killed by Guns
How many children are killed by guns is a complicated question. The answer depends on a number of factors, including age range, and whether homicide, suicide, and/or unintentional-injuries are included in the figure. If the age range is 0-19 years, and homicide, suicide, and unintentional injuries are included, then the total firearms-related deaths for 1999 is 3,385 . This is equivalent to about 9 deaths per day, a figure commonly used by journalists. The 3,385 firearms-related deaths for age group 0-19 breaks down to 214 unintentional, 1,078 suicides, 1,990 homicides, 83 for which the intent could not be determined, and 20 due to legal intervention. Viewed by age group, 73 of the total firearms-related deaths were of children under 5 years old, 416 were children 5-14 years old, and 2,896 were 15-19 years old. See page 127 of the 2002 edition of Injury Facts ®.
So: including ALL causes (deliberate homicide, suicide, and misadventure), in 1999 we had a whopping total of 492 children <15 years old die by gunfire.
then, we have the following:
http://muextension.missouri.edu/explore/hesguide/humanrel/gh6026.htm
Table 1
United States' Injury Death Rates by Type of Injury and Age (1996)
Number of deaths by age group ....//Birth to 4// 5 to 9// 10 to 14// 15 to 19
Total unintentional injury deaths ........2,895 .....1,564..... 1,824...... 6,735
Selected unintentional injury death types
Motor vehicle occupant, traffic-related 514 ........359 ........531........ 3,566
Pedestrian, traffic-related ..................225 ........264 ........234 ..........279
Bicyclist, traffic-related ....................4 ..........81 ........112 ...........65
Drowning ......................................533 ........223 ........225 ..........388
Residential fire .................................451 ........192 ..........97 ............70
Fall ...................................................55 ..........30 ..........21 ............94
Firearm ..........................................17 .........27 ...........94 ..........238
Suffocation and choking ....................532 .........57 ...........77 ............67
Poisoning ..........................................57 .........18 ...........34 ...........190
Source
Compressed Mortality files, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As cited in Grossman, David C. (2000). The History of Injury Control and the Epidemiology of Child and Adolescent Injuries. The Future of Children, 10(1), 23-52.
funny... they don't seem too hot to ban bicycles and swimming pools, do they?
I'd like him get Jon Janson to do it. He's a big time hunter (and he's healthy this year, yay!).
Yes, but Jansen broke BOTH his thumbs. He's still playing, though.
These people are dangerous. If you ever meet one, put your hand on the grip of your firearm and back out of the room slowly. Inform local law enforcement that there is a crazy person on the loose and let them handle it. If the lunatic attempts to leave the scene, follow them at a safe distance and keep the 9-11 operator apprised of thier movements.
This is the first I heard of this. Go Redskins!
again: you ain't wrong. you can SEE their mania, often enough.
There are very few gun owners who are members of the NRA or any other group for that matter.
The NRA calls them "Freedom Freeloaders".
Crew members who said they were reportedly confronted with Minnesota Vikings players having a wild sex party with women last week on two charter boats cruising Lake Minnetonka met today with Hennepin County Sheriff's detectives who are investigating allegations of prostitution and lewd behavior.
What an honor! I'm impressed. ;)
Sue the SOB's !
I think one of the saddest things is that with somewhere between 69-80 million gun owners and millions of conservatives that the NRA just has 4 million members. You can join for 35 dollars a year. Get off the couch and call them or get on the net and JOIN NOW PLEASE.
Nah, I love the irony.
Works for me!
Humblegunner is gonna have em all printed on duct tape so's we can fix what's wrong......:o)
The Skins should tell Josh Suckerman, I mean Sugarmann to perform an unatural act on himself.
Irony my ass... Tom is my new write-in candidate.
LOL!!
Considering the lame candidates running, I wouldn't be surprised if you did a lot better than you think you might. You could probably even safely have a family scandal or two in your history and it wouldn't matter compared to Perry, Streyhorn, and Kinky.
Your are correct....we have formed a new party (the backyard party) and are taking political contributions in the form of "ideas" vs cash (maybe a free beer or two) as all them personal and corporate checks from New Mexico keep bouncing....an it keeps us from having to hire PAC money accountants and lawyers etc etc ......
Aside who's his competition ?.......Kinky Friedman ?
Theres a new bumper sticker / slogan for Eaker right there !
Eaker for Governor....Kinkier than Kinky !
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