02-23-2012, 09:04 AM
Grace62 wrote:
In 2007, 3,042 children and teens died from gunfire in the United States and another 17,523 suffered non-fatal gun injuries.
http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-re...report.pdf
My town already had bike helmet laws, for all ages.
Doesn't even compare to the number killed or injured by head injuries. And most of the circumstances of those killed in your stats are completely different from those in the story you linked. AND, you didn't address to what level you would have to reduce the availability of guns to change these figures.
Your town has bike helmet laws? Does it help? Would it help to have the same elsewhere? At any rate, I think it is wise to spend limited resources where it would have the most effect. If we were to completely rid our country of guns, it wouldn't be that much safer for them, unfortunately. And it's not possible anyway. kj.