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Date Posted: 12:21:28 01/06/03 Mon
Author: Captain America
Subject: Re: Gun Safety ... just the facts (with citation)
In reply to: L.Perkins 's message, "Gun Safety ... just the facts (with citation)" on 13:52:00 01/05/03 Sun

Thanks for doing this homework, L.Perkins. It is good to know what the aggregate numbers are instead of relying on anecdotal information.

Clearly there is a problem with gun violence in our culture.

>This report presents an analysis of the patterns of
>violent deaths among children (aged 14 years and
>under) in the United States in contrast to children in
>25 other industrialized countries.
>
>**The overall firearm-related death rate among U.S.
>children aged 14 years and younger was nearly 12 times
>higher than among children in the other 25
>industrialized countries COMBINED.
>
>**The firearms homicide rate in the United States was
>nearly 16 times higher than that of the other
>countries COMBINED.
>
>**The firearms suicide rate was nearly 11 times higher
>than that of the other 25 countries COMBINED.
>
>**The unintentional firearms death rate was 9 times
>higher than that of the other 25 countries combined.
>
>Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Vol.
>46, No. 5, February 7, 1997, pp. 101-105.

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