Gun Accidents

Guns Reduce Accidents and Other Fascinating Facts and Figures To Amaze Your Friends
by Greg Perry

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One trend related to health and safety that you may not know about is this: firearm-related accidents have steadily decreased since such record keeping began in 1903. Far more important and astounding is that for the past 10 years this drop was extra dramatic.

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You didn’t know gun accidents are at an all-time low and have been decreasing both per capita and in percentage terms steadily for more than 100 years?

You know why you didn’t know this don’t you? The media and the politicians don’t want you to know this. Yet, the data that produces these conclusions comes from the National Safety Council. The NSC’s sole mandate is to "educate and influence people to prevent accidental injury and death." This group isn’t one you’d think would want to take up the NRA’s cause. The NSC encourages lots of laws and then more laws to promote safety in the workplace. The NSC loves to publish OSHA safety violations when they can find them. As a matter of fact, you can thank the National Safety Council for the fact that 3-foot ladders are no longer sold in America.

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