gun safety and get anyone upset by mentioning the NRA. I know that's a red flag to some as there has been an awful lot of negative press about that organization. I don't know enough about them to defend or condemn but was only using them as an example of an organization that started with gun safety and still supports it...despite whatever warts folks think makes them irrelevant.
I read an article today about a "public health problem" in the US.
It seems that death from firearm violence in the US, on the increase year after year, is a health and safety problem.
ROFL
More Americans 'will die from guns than cars' in 2015
The GOOD news is that death from RTA in the US is down, and is in long term decline. In fact, by 2015, you are more likely to be shot to death than to die in a car traffic accident.
So, good improvement there.
The authors of the report concluded that "further research on the nature and prevention of firearm violence is sorely needed" and that "evidence-based interventions may lead to substantial reductions in death and disability from this important public health problem".
Not just a public health problem, but an important public health problem.
So, death by shooting is a public health problem, much like broken sewers, poor hygiene, bird flu, etc.
Mark

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