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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: Elderberry on April 05, 2021, 11:00:38 am

Title: Federal 2018 Data: Falling Killed 126 Times More People than Rifles of Any Kind
Post by: Elderberry on April 05, 2021, 11:00:38 am
Breitbart by AWR Hawkins 4 Apr 2021

Federal data on causes of death in America show that, as recently as 2018, falling accounted for at least 126 times as many fatalities as rifles of any kind — an inconvenient fact for Democrat lawmakers who are currently demanding a new round of nationwide gun controls.

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.

More: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/04/feds-2018-data-falling-killed-126x-more-people-rifles/ (https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/04/feds-2018-data-falling-killed-126x-more-people-rifles/)
Title: Re: Federal 2018 Data: Falling Killed 126 Times More People than Rifles of Any Kind
Post by: thackney on April 05, 2021, 11:43:18 am
Clearly Congress needs to repeal the Law of Gravity.
Title: Re: Federal 2018 Data: Falling Killed 126 Times More People than Rifles of Any Kind
Post by: andy58-in-nh on April 05, 2021, 12:22:48 pm
Clearly Congress needs to repeal the Law of Gravity.

Why not? They've already repealed the laws of economics...