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In reply to the discussion: This deadly item is banned in the USA (I own it..I'm not even allowed to re-sell it.. too dangerous) [View all]Squinch
(51,215 posts)79. I got that from a chart in a DU post today, and now I can't find it. But the Brady site has some
interesting stats:
http://www.bradycampaign.org/xshare/Facts/Gun_Death_and_Injury_Stat_Sheet_2008__2009_FINAL.pdf
It does say that the 9000 number is off, BUT it says that about 17,000 kids die or are injured in gun violence in a given year, and only about 1000 of those are suicides or suicide attempts. Their number for child gun deaths per year is 2966, so I'm not sure what the 9000 number on the chart was or how I misread it.
Thanks for the heads up.
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This deadly item is banned in the USA (I own it..I'm not even allowed to re-sell it.. too dangerous) [View all]
SoCalDem
Dec 2012
OP
There were 2 deaths by lawn darts, There were 3,200 injuries, mostly on children under age 15.
FSogol
Dec 2012
#13
But something over 9000 children die from gun violence every year. You can resell a gun no problem.
Squinch
Dec 2012
#41
I got that from a chart in a DU post today, and now I can't find it. But the Brady site has some
Squinch
Dec 2012
#79
I was born in 1965. If our toys weren't sufficiently deadly, we made them more deadly.
FSogol
Dec 2012
#16
no worries, its on other fb pages and is sparking lots of interesting convo
trailmonkee
Dec 2012
#95
Correct! You win a set of Jarts... oops, no, I have to give you a Bushmaster instead.
Jim Lane
Dec 2012
#82
Well if Jarts were designed to kill, constitutionally protected and worshiped by 1/3 of Americans,
OneTenthofOnePercent
Dec 2012
#39
The heat source is much more enclosed, so it is much harder. But I guess you could hold a match to
Squinch
Dec 2012
#64
Nah, bottlerockets work best when you get a length of pipe and shoot them at people
Harry Monroe
Dec 2012
#74
We used to tie cherry bombs together and drop them under man hole covers to see those covers
SoCalDem
Dec 2012
#88
I think you are talking about Kinder Eggs, chocolate eggs with a little toy surprise...
Spazito
Dec 2012
#100
My mom chased away a burglar with her .38 one night a few years ago. I'll have to tell her
pop topcan
Dec 2012
#97
Okay, how about "venerate", "cherish", "fetishize"? Here are some of "those people":
scarletwoman
Dec 2012
#93
You can find thousands of images of people with their mostly or all naked children. It doesn't mean
pop topcan
Dec 2012
#98
Once upon a time, Americans weren't cowering cowards and this game was universal
pop topcan
Dec 2012
#99
Gosh, I had no idea those damn lawn darts were such prolific killers! Sorry about your parents'
pop topcan
Dec 2012
#110