Selected Measures of Unintentional Injuries and GUNS
Selected Measures of Unintentional Injuries, U.S., 2002-2006
Source: National Safety Council Report
| Measure | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
| Falls | 16,257 | 17,229 | 18,807 | 20,800 | 21,200 |
| Poisoning | 17,550 | 19,457 | 20,950 | 23,200 | 25,300 |
| Choking | 4,128 | 4,272 | 4,470 | 4,900 | 4,100 |
| Drowning | 3,447 | 3,306 | 3,308 | 3,600 | 3,800 |
| Fires, Flames, Smoke | 3,159 | 3,369 | 3,229 | 2,700 | 2,800 |
| Mechanical suffocation | 1,389 | 1,309 | 1,421 | 1,300 | 1,100 |
| Firearms | 762 | 730 | 649 | 630 | 680 |
Now, with such a HIGH RISK of death from falling, poisoning, even choking or drowning, you would think that our overbearing federal government would be banning poisons or continually trying to educate us on poison safety or creating legislation to better control poisons, or accidental falls or even choking.
You would think that the media would be doing hatchet segments on how unsafe walking causes accidental falls or shows about poison safety. But no, they’re going after the least likely cause of accidental death on the chart - Guns!
In 2006 there were over 50,000 deaths caused by falling, poisoning and choking. I don’t remember any news stories focusing on THOSE accidental deaths! Clearly the media who feels the need to babysit us and make sure we’re safe from ourselves and our big bad guns is being extremely irresponsible by not warning us about walking and chewing really good.