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width="117" align="right" border="0" />According to a 1995
National Safety Council study, the leading causes of death for
children ages 0-14 were (in order):

• Motor Vehicle Accidents (3,059)
• Drowning (1,060)
• Fires & burns (833)
• Mechanical suffocation (459)
• Ingestion of food or foreign objects (213)
• Firearms (181)

Further, about 30 innocent people (per year) are tragically
killed in the mistaken belief they are intruders. But trained
police mistakenly kill 330 innocent people each year.

Would anyone argue that police should be disarmed because
they’re dangerous?

Would anyone argue that children should be prohibited from
swimming or riding in cars?

…even though armed police, swimming, and car rides result
in more tragedies each year than gun accidents?

It can be argued that police, bodies of water, and
automobiles serve positive purposes that are greater than the
accidental deaths they cause. But the same thing can be argued
for privately owned guns. Each year, more than 2 million
criminal acts are prevented by gun owners.

Please Note: This is a brief story, not a complete
argument. These “Facts of the Day” are used in
context to make a complete argument in a brand new,
42-page booklet published by American Liberty
Foundation, “How to Persuade Your Friends & Family
Guns Prevent Crime and Save Lives.”