100 times more deadly to children than guns

[Randall53]

by Steven D. Levitt, Professor of Economics, University of Chicago

[Editor's note: A version of this piece was published in the Chicago Sun-Times on July 28, 2001 under the title "Pools more dangerous than guns." ]

What’s more dangerous: a swimming pool or a gun? When it comes to children, there is no comparison: a swimming pool is 100 times more deadly. In 1997 alone (the last year for which data are available), 742 children under the age of 10 drowned in the United States last year alone. Approximately 550 of those drownings — about 75 percent of the total — occurred in residential swimming pools. According to the most recent statistics, there are about six million residential pools, meaning that one young child drowns annually for every 11,000 pools.

About 175 children under the age of 10 died in 1998 as a result of guns. About two-thirds of those deaths were homicides. There are an estimated 200 million guns in the United States. Doing the math, there is roughly one child killed by guns for every one million guns.

 

An old article I know, and from the University of Chicago to boot. It really underlines the Liberal obsession with outlawing firearms.

 

Obama says we must protect the children.....right? Where is the legislation outlawing swimming pools?

 

[NRA]

this does not surprise me

[2.ooohhh]

I'm WAY more worried about a neighborhood kid drowning in my pool than I am them getting into my guns. Just not worried about it enough to get rid of the pool.  :cool:

[Rowdy]

Ban privately owned pools! If it only saves the life of one child...

[TMF]

People don't NEED private pools.

[Caster]

McDonald's is killing our children in mass quantities, poisoning them with diabetes and a big case of lard azz.

There's lots of stuff killing our children in larger numbers than guns ever will.

[Guest 6.8 AR]

And...you can't use the pool to defend yourself.

[TMF]

And...you can't use the pool to defend yourself.

Unless you are Martin Riggs... he has used pools to kill people.

[Guest 6.8 AR]

I forgot. :D

[Guest 6.8 AR]

You know the range is open on Mondays, now, don't you? It's time to go shoot up a pool. The hundred yard range

was like a pool last time I went.

[TMF]

You know the range is open on Mondays, now, don't you? It's time to go shoot up a pool. The hundred yard range
was like a pool last time I went.

I may have to make that happen this Monday. My ARs multiplied somehow so I need to do a test fire and zero.

[hipower]

Unless you are Martin Riggs... he has used pools to kill people.

 

Was it the pool or the pool cover that was the culprit there Or the water that caused to pool cover the just jump up and tie that guy up?