Federal 2018 Data: Falling Killed 126 Times More People than Rifles of Any Kind

[GURPS]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) 2018 National Vital Statistics show 37,455 people died from unintentional falls throughout the year.

The same CDC data shows unintentional firearm deaths for 2018 came in at 458, which means accidental death by falling was about 82 times more likely than accidental death via any kind of firearm.

The numbers become especially pertinent to today’s political climate when FBI Unified Crime Report figures are brought into the equation. The FBI figures look at the intentional, criminal use of firearms, and show a total of 297 deaths from rifles of any kind in 2018. This means accidental death by falling occurred 126 times more often than intentional death by a rifle of any kind in 2018.

Breitbart News reported other FBI figures for 2018 showing death by hammers and clubs far exceeded death by rifles of any kind as well. Whereas there were 297 deaths by rifle, 443 people were killed with hammers, clubs, or other “blunt objects.”

Feds' 2018 Data: 126x More People Killed by Falling than with Rifles

A combined look at CDC and FBI numbers show death by falling in 2018 occurred 126 times more often than deaths by rifles of any kind.

www.breitbart.com

 

[Kyle]

 

[GURPS]

Left-Wing NYT Columnist On Clinton’s Assault Weapons Ban: ‘No Strong Evidence That It Saved Lives’

A left-wing columnist at The New York Times admitted over the weekend that there was no strong evidence that the assault weapons ban enacted under the Clinton administration, which lasted 10 years, “saved lives.”

Columnist Nicholas Kristof, who advocates for laws cracking down on the Second Amendment, made the admission in a piece about the some of the executive orders that he wants Democrat President Joe Biden to use against the Second Amendment. Kristof said that he was “sympathetic” toward wanting to ban so-called “assault weapons,” which are semi-automatic firearms that effectively operate the same way that basic pistols do, but noted that there was no way that Congress was going to ban them.

 

[PeoplesElbow]

Ugh don't say that, I'll have to do even more fall protection BS at work that actually doesn't prevent anyone from falling.

 

[Tech]

Ugh don't say that, I'll have to do even more fall protection BS at work that actually doesn't prevent anyone from falling.

I know, next thing they'll require seatbelts on barstools.