Gun accident fatalities at all time low.

[powderman]

FAIRFAX, Va. --(Ammoland.com)- Data recently released by the National Center for Health Statistics shows that in 2008, the number and per capita rate of firearm accident deaths fell to an all-time low.

There were 592 firearm accident deaths (0.19 such accidents per 100,000 population) in 2008, as compared to 613 accidents (.20 per 100,000) in 2007. >In 2008, the chance of a child dying in a firearm accident was roughly one in a million.
Firearm accidents accounted for 0.5% of all accidental deaths; well below the percentages accounted for by motor vehicle accidents, falls, fires, poisonings, and several other more common types of mishaps.

Firearm suicides rose in 2008 because total suicides rose, but the percentage of suicides accounted for by those misusing firearms remained steady, at just barely over half. This is down from about 60% during the 1980s and early 1990s. The firearm suicide rate remained at just under 6 per 100,000, as it has been every year from 1999 forward. Contrary to claims made recently by some gun control advocates, firearm suicides among children are extremely uncommon, and in 2008, fell to an all-time low.

Firearm homicides (including self-defense, but excluding lawful shootings by police) declined in 2008. More recent data reported by the FBI, shows that criminal homicides declined in 2008, again in 2009, and again in 2010, to a 47-year low.

http://www.ammoland.com/2011/12/26/f...-all-time-low/ 
 

[sidewinder319]

The number of people with Concealed Carry Permits are at an all time high. The number of homicides are at a 47 year low. I wonder??

[powderman]

The number of people with Concealed Carry Permits are at an all time high. The number of homicides are at a 47 year low. I wonder??

 
Makes sense to everybody but libs and dems. Don't know how these stats can be right. There are more guns in the hands of law abiding citizens now, thanks to obummer, hillary, nancy, etc, than ever before in the history of the United States. Violent crime has dropped state by state as ccw was adopted state by state. Makes me wonder why imam obama, nancy, harry, pelosi, and their supporters work so hard to disarm us. Whats their REAL agenda?? For the children?? Yeah right. POWDERMAN. 

[sidewinder319]

The wise man only ask questions for which he already knows the answer. Powderman is a wise fellow.

[BAGTIC]

Traffic fatalities have also hit record lows. Is there a correlation?

[sidewinder319]

More people shop at Walmart and eat at Mickey Ds, What is your point? Maybe you are on the wrong forum. Notice this is a Pro-Gun forum.  OK