• mintyfrog@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Nope. Under 10% of households have a swimming pool, but over 40% of households have a gun in the USA. When we’re talking about owning one as opposed to actively using one, the pool is more dangerous than the gun.

    Now, if you just left your loaded gun out in your backyard 24/7, it may be a different story.

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      1 year ago

      I don’t doubt your numbers, but that wasn’t the point I was making. Guns may be more common, but it isn’t common to let your children play with them. It is, however, common to let your children play in the pool.