To put some things into perspective, I found a fun roundup of statistics of things more dangerous than mass shootings.
http://www.bizpacreview.com/2018/02/21/22-statistics-united-states-mass-shootings-605633
A readers digest summary: Over the past several decades there have been an average of 2.53 mass shootings resulting in 35 fatalities per year.
More people die from hammer blows and knives than long guns.
Things that are much more deadly than mass shootings:
Falls involving a bed: 649.4yr - yep, we need to ban bunk beds
Accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed. 680.4yr - please collect all your sheets and pillows and turn them into the sheriffs precinct for safe disposal.
Contact with agricultural machinery. 278.9yr
Constipation. 144.5yr Maybe put laxatives in the water supply? I'm really on the fence as to if Hollyweird and the MSM should be given access to this prophylactic treatment....
Getting stuck between objects. 122.8yr
Fall from tree. 94.2yr and you know how much kids like to climb trees. Yep, better ban trees.
Falls involving ice skates, ski's, roller skates or skate boards. 75.9yr Hay, your teen won't miss them... Helmetes, plastic bubbles and knee pads for all!
Contact with powered lawnmower. 63.4yr So much for that summer job...
Just for giggles, I looked up a couple of others:
Death by lightning strike. Average was 47yr over several decades, but the last decade it's only been 30 a year, so you are slightly safer in a classroom being shot up. I would love the read the legislation that made the storm clouds behave...
http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/odds.shtml
School related transportation crashes. 36.3yr So yes, you are slightly more likely to die going to or coming back from school than in a school shooting. And I wonder why my congress critter laughs at me every time I ask him to ban school buses...
https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812170
Now, if you really want an issue that elementary school students understand and care deeply about, just try and ban PB&J sandwiches, They will *RIOT!* Between 150 and 200 people die in this country every year because of peanut allergies. In your average classroom, there will be 2 kids with a peanut allergy. Clearly, this is too much of a threat. We need to ban PB&J sandwiches immediately!
As a final note, of all the mass shootings in past decades, there have only been 2 that didn't happen in "gun free zones". Places where civilians could legally carry and could have stopped it.
http://www.bizpacreview.com/2018/02/21/22-statistics-united-states-mass-shootings-605633
A readers digest summary: Over the past several decades there have been an average of 2.53 mass shootings resulting in 35 fatalities per year.
More people die from hammer blows and knives than long guns.
Things that are much more deadly than mass shootings:
Falls involving a bed: 649.4yr - yep, we need to ban bunk beds
Accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed. 680.4yr - please collect all your sheets and pillows and turn them into the sheriffs precinct for safe disposal.
Contact with agricultural machinery. 278.9yr
Constipation. 144.5yr Maybe put laxatives in the water supply? I'm really on the fence as to if Hollyweird and the MSM should be given access to this prophylactic treatment....
Getting stuck between objects. 122.8yr
Fall from tree. 94.2yr and you know how much kids like to climb trees. Yep, better ban trees.
Falls involving ice skates, ski's, roller skates or skate boards. 75.9yr Hay, your teen won't miss them... Helmetes, plastic bubbles and knee pads for all!
Contact with powered lawnmower. 63.4yr So much for that summer job...
Just for giggles, I looked up a couple of others:
Death by lightning strike. Average was 47yr over several decades, but the last decade it's only been 30 a year, so you are slightly safer in a classroom being shot up. I would love the read the legislation that made the storm clouds behave...
http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/odds.shtml
School related transportation crashes. 36.3yr So yes, you are slightly more likely to die going to or coming back from school than in a school shooting. And I wonder why my congress critter laughs at me every time I ask him to ban school buses...
https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812170
Now, if you really want an issue that elementary school students understand and care deeply about, just try and ban PB&J sandwiches, They will *RIOT!* Between 150 and 200 people die in this country every year because of peanut allergies. In your average classroom, there will be 2 kids with a peanut allergy. Clearly, this is too much of a threat. We need to ban PB&J sandwiches immediately!
As a final note, of all the mass shootings in past decades, there have only been 2 that didn't happen in "gun free zones". Places where civilians could legally carry and could have stopped it.
