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41,650 deaths related to motor vehicle accidents,
17,229 in falls at home and on the job,
3,306 from water in drowning,
19,457 from poisoning, in the same year,
3,369 due to fire or burns,
3,200 due to choking, and
900 from guns
Note that the top category of vehicle accidents is 45 times greater than the bottom
category of guns. Should we outlaw cars, and ladders?
If guns are so dangerous, why is it like 18 or so times more likely to die from a fall? lol
http://www.lindleyonline.com/gunstats/stats.htm
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We can't have a risk-free society, and no one's arguing for one. This little game of listing all the other ways you could possibly die serves no purpose at all.
But just like we have traffic laws to try and minimize the death and injury from driving, or smoke alarm/sprinkler laws in apartment buildings, there should be laws to minimize the possible harm from guns.
Many traffic laws are just commonsense precautions, and so are many of the proposed gun laws (closing the gun show loophole, background chhecks for ex.) Yet for some reason gun owners equate them with "taking away my right to defend myself." It's not taking away your rights any more than a driver's test is taking away your right to drive.