re: Father accidentally shoots teenage son dead at Florida gun range

Unintentional Deaths and Injuries

In 2010, unintentional firearm injuries caused the deaths of 606 people.

From 2005-2010, almost 3,800 people in the U.S. died from unintentional shootings.

Over 1,300 victims of unintentional shootings for the period 2005–2010 were under 25 years of age.

People of all age groups are significantly more likely to die from unintentional firearm injuries when they live in states with more guns, relative to states with fewer guns. On average, states with the highest gun levels had nine times the rate of unintentional firearms deaths compared to states with the lowest gun levels.

A federal government study of unintentional shootings found that 8% of such shooting deaths resulted from shots fired by children under the age of six.

The U.S. General Accounting Office has estimated that 31% of unintentional deaths caused by firearms might be prevented by the addition of two devices: a child-proof safety lock (8%) and a loading indicator (23%).




so 2005-2010

3800 total unintentional or accidental shooting deaths in US
of which 1300 or 34% were under the age of 25
and 304 were due to children firing the unsecured weapon





For comparison in that same 5 year span

2005-2010
17,680 unintentional or accidental drowning deaths non boating related
19,340 unintentional drowning deaths including boating accidents
3868 or roughly 20% were children 14 yrs old or younger many of which occur while supervised and only a short distance away from a care provider in a home pool, or bathtub.

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•From 2005-2014, there were an average of 3,536 fatal unintentional drownings (non-boating related) annually in the United States — about ten deaths per day.1 An additional 332 people died each year from drowning in boating-related incidents.2
•About one in five people who die from drowning are children 14 and younger.1 For every child who dies from drowning, another five receive emergency department care for nonfatal submersion injuries.

•Since 2005, unintentional drowning has replaced motor vehicle traffic incidents as the leading cause of death from unintentional injury for boys aged 1–4 years.
•Drowning occurred most often in a bath tub for persons under 1 year of age and for adults aged 85 and over, in a swimming pool for children aged 1–4 years, and in natural water for persons aged 5–84 years.

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That would be selfish. Surviving family members need you there.

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Agree, but the grief must be debilitating.

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The lack of common sense in this post is astounding.

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Would you say the same about the guy who stood there getting "showered in shells" until one went down his shirt?

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Would you say the same about the guy who stood there getting "showered in shells" until one went down his shirt?

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Hi there.

I suppose you have never taken a CHL class or qualified. You don't get "do-overs" or mulligans. You are expected to be proficient with your weapon when they tell you to pull the trigger. You are expected to practice firearms safety at all times.

Are you advocating differently?

fricking terrible but damn that father is one dumbass motherfricker

I've only shot handguns maybe 4-5 times, but i've had multiple casings land in my shirt pocket. Even had one land inbetween my temple and the frames of the safety glasses.

My point being that maybe another safety measure (such as eye & ear protection) added to ranges should be shirts that can be enclosed at the collar to prevent this.

A spent casing down the shirt seems like it's actually not that uncommon.

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Moving out of position or changing muzzle direction of my firearm during a live line fire drill would constitute a potentially deadly break in safety.

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I think the idea would be to stop firing and back up out of the way.

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in the moment there was no safe way to fix it

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See above.

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Republicans are not very good at reading comprehension

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But still better than Liberals.



"shall not be infringed" 4 words liberals are too stupid to comprehend.

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I'm not taking a position here, but this is a straw man argument. Guns exist for one reason...to kill things. Cars exist to move people from point A to B. One is absolutely critical to modern society, the other serves little purpose.

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Guns serve absolutely zero purpose in modern society except for rednecks to show off to their friends and achieve a small, pathetic sense of importance.

Yeah guns don't help modern society. Spears, knives, bows, swords, and axes never helped society. You're a fricking cuck. People kill people that's not gonna change we might as well give the good guys the best chance we have. Weapons will always have a place in human society.