How does anyone know how many settlers died of accidents from self-inflicted gun shot wounds? Who was keeping score? Moyers is an idiot and if not for NPR he would be unemployed.
We men (not all males are men now days) have a penis with which we could commit rape. Since some men do commit rape, then all men should have their penises cut off. That is Moyers’ logic for adequate gun control. He is an idiot.
That factoid does sound hokey. Who bothered to keep score is right! They weren’t involved in any agonizing cost benefit analysis; marauding Indians were far from the only hazard needing to be warded off by means of arms. Four legged critters posed a problem too.
And how many people have died from gun-related, domestic violence as compared to how many soldiers were killed in war? Over one million Americans soldiers have died in wars...not all from guns. I doubt Moyers's "facts" like I doubt all "facts" coming from leftists. I call Moyers a huge liar.
Some 10% died from unsanitary water. They had no idea back then that using the same water over and over again at way stations or using stagnant water caused cholera. The cure of merely boiling water was not known then. Next came accidental deaths from drownings at river crossings, wagon accidents and other injuries where infection set in. The number of accidental deaths from firearm’s would be darn small as many of these folks had fought in the War of 1812 and/or then the Civil war,and other’s had hunted since boys. Heck, this PBS station is a joke. Add Juan Williams to it’s lying crew.