Hi Paul,<div><br></div><div>Do you consider a 10-month-old an infant? Then here is your statistic:</div><div><br></div><div><div style="border:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;padding:10.0pt 6.0pt 0in 6.0pt;background:white">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline;border:none;padding:0in;background-repeat:initial initial"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#354d7d;letter-spacing:-.6pt">Reports: Father accidentally shoots, kills
10-month-old son in front of family</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333">By John Newland, Staff Writer, NBC News</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333">A 10-month-old boy was shot and killed by his father Thursday in
an apparent accident at a Nashville, Tenn., hotel, local media reported.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333">Two police detectives from the Hermitage Precinct were close to
the hotel when the call went out and made it to the scene within about three
minutes but were unable to resuscitate the child, NBC affiliate <a href="http://www.wsmv.com/story/21647213/10-month-old-baby-dies-after-being-shot" target="_blank"><span style="color:#336699;text-decoration:none">WSMV-TV Channel 4</span></a> reported.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333">The child's mother Jacquelin Bass, 28, and the couple's other
sons, aged 3 and 2, were in the room when the gun went off, the station said.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333">The baby was shot once in the chest as his father, Larry Bass,
30, handled the semi-automatic handgun, the <a href="http://www.tennessean.com/article/20130314/NEWS03/130314025/Shooting-hotel-kills-10-month-old-boy?nclick_check=1" target="_blank"><span style="color:#336699;text-decoration:none">Nashville Tennessean</span></a> reported.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333">NBCNews was unable to independently confirm the accounts early
Friday.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333">Both news outlets reported that the family, from Texas, was at
the Extended Stay America hotel near Nashville International Airport when the
incident happened. Larry Bass was in town to work on construction of the Music
City Center, a 1.2-million-square foot convention center.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333">The newspaper said the family had checked in on Jan. 29.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333">Ten-month-old Adam Bass would have had turned 1 in May, the
Tennessean reported, quoting police spokesman Don Aaron as saying that the
family was "very, very distraught over what's happened" and that
"the police department does not believe this was an intentional act."</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333">Attempts to reach the police department were unsuccessful early
Friday. WSMV said a police investigation was continuing.</span></p>
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The article I was responding to was talking about gun safety, so I
was looking at gun accident statistics only. Since the CDC is the
go-to place for death statistics, I went there. Unfortunately,
they only have data through 2010, with some 2011 non-official
data, but no 2011 data on gun accidents that I could find, let
alone data from 2012 and beyond.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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Paul</font></span><div><div class="h5"><br>
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On 03/23/2013 10:23 AM, Tom Hansen wrote:<br>
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<div>Pick a source, Mr. Rumelhart. ANY source. They are all
reporting gun deaths in excess of 2,000 since Newtown.</div>
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<div><span style="font-size:15px;line-height:19px;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=gun+deaths+since+sandy+hook&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari#q=gun+deaths+since+sandy+hook&hl=en&client=safari&ei=a-RNUeDmNYHeiALVoIGQDQ&start=20&sa=N&bav=on.2,or.&bvm=bv.44158598,d.cGE&fp=c1cc9d4856fbbb93&biw=1024&bih=644" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/search?q=gun+deaths+since+sandy+hook&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari#q=gun+deaths+since+sandy+hook&hl=en&client=safari&ei=a-RNUeDmNYHeiALVoIGQDQ&start=20&sa=N&bav=on.2,or.&bvm=bv.44158598,d.cGE&fp=c1cc9d4856fbbb93&biw=1024&bih=644</a></span></div>
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<div>Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .</div>
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<div>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants
on)</div>
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<div>Tom Hansen</div>
<div>Moscow, Idaho</div>
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<div>"<span style="font-size:medium">There's room at the top they are telling
you still</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span></div>
<span style="font-size:medium">But first you must learn how to smile as you
kill </span><br style="font-size:medium">
<span style="font-size:medium">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div>
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On Mar 23, 2013, at 9:46 AM, Paul Rumelhart <<a href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com" target="_blank">godshatter@yahoo.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
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Gun safety is, perhaps, a place where a lot of people on
this list could potentially agree on this debate (at least
to some degree). I think using RFID chips to enable guns to
fire is just asking for a mis-fire or non-fire of the gun
just when you need it most, though. If we want to
child-proof anything, I'd suggest child-proofing gun cases.
I'd like to find some incentive to ensure that people are
storing their guns properly, but the only things I can think
of that would help is more safety training and laws that
affect the gun owner if a death occurs as a result of a
firearm discharging accidentally. I'm open to suggestions.<br>
<br>
I took a quick look at the statistics for gun accidents,
since the article only describes them as having "new
examples almost every day". According to the CDC, in 2010
(under "Nontransport accidents"), "Accidental discharge of
firearms" accounted for 606 deaths. I haven't found a
breakdown by child/adult, but I'll keep looking. The only
other age-related statistic I have found so far is that
there were 0 infant mortality deaths due to gun accidents.<br>
<br>
In case you're curious, here is the number of deaths for
each non-transport accident type, from the "2010 Mortality
Multiple Cause Micro Data Files" PDF (<a href="http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/deaths_2010_release.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/deaths_2010_release.pdf</a>):<br>
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<font face="Courier New, Courier, monospace">Falls
26,009<br>
Accidental discharge of firearms 606<br>
Accidental drowning 3,782<br>
Accidental exposure to fire 2,782<br>
Accidental poisoning 33,041<br>
Other unspecified 16,678<br>
Total 82,898<br>
<br>
<font face="sans-serif">Firearm accidents are the smallest
number in that list, but that doesn't mean we couldn't
do more to reduce that number. What I'd like to know is
why accidental poisoning is so high. More than 54 times
as many deaths by accidental poisoning as by accidental
discharge of firearms. Looking into it, I see it
consists mainly of drug causes (91%), including
prescription pain killers, cocaine, and heroin at the
top of the list.<br>
<br>
Paul<br>
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On 03/23/2013 05:36 AM, Art Deco wrote:<br>
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<h1>Saving Children From Guns</h1>
<h6>By <span><span>JOE NOCERA</span></span></h6>
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<p> For nearly two months, my assistant, <a href="http://www.jennifermascia.com/" target="_blank">Jennifer
Mascia</a>, and I have been publishing <a href="http://nocera.blogs.nytimes.com/category/gun-report/" target="_blank">a
daily blog</a> in which we aggregate articles about
shootings from the previous day. Of all the stories we
link to, the ones I find hardest to read are those
about young children who accidentally shoot themselves
or another child. They just break my heart. Yet
Jennifer and I find <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=child+shoots&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#q=child+shoots&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=xgX&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&psj=1&ei=m-xMUYWkAdSp4AOFzYDYCg&ved=0CA0Q_AUoBA&fp=1&biw=1730&bih=774&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&cad=b&sei=KPZMUeOdKafE4APM9IHgCw" target="_blank">new
examples almost every day</a>. </p>
<p> Partly, I react by thinking, “How can anyone be so
stupid as to leave a loaded gun within reach of a
small child?” But I also have another reaction. In
1970, Congress passed a law that resulted in
childproofing medicine bottles. The Consumer Product
Safety Commission regulates the paint used in
children’s toys. State laws mandate that young
children be required to use car seats. </p>
<p> So why can’t we childproof guns? In an age of
technological wizardry — not to mention a time of deep
sensitivity to the welfare of children — why can’t we
come up with a technology that would keep a gun from
going off when it is being held by a child? Or, for
that matter, by a thief using a stolen gun? Or an
angry teenager who is plotting to use his parents’
arsenal to wreak havoc in a mall? </p>
<p> It turns out — why is this not a surprise? — that
such technologies already exist. A German company,
Armartix, will soon be marketing <a href="http://www.gizmag.com/armatrix-wristwatch-safety-system-for-handguns/14044/" target="_blank">a
pistol that uses radio frequencies</a> that prevent
a gun from being used by anyone except its owner. At
the New Jersey Institute of Technology, the senior
vice president for research and development, Donald
Sebastian, has long spearheaded an effort to develop
biometrics for “gun personalization,” as it’s called.
Guns employing this technology fire only when they
recognize the hand of the owner. There are others who
have invented similar technologies. </p>
<p> Why aren’t <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-shuster/smart-gun-technology_b_2324978.html" target="_blank">these
lifesaving technologies</a> in widespread use? No
surprise here, either: The usual irrational opposition
from the National Rifle Association and gun
absolutists, who claim, absurdly, that a gun that only
can be fired by its owner somehow violates the Second
Amendment. Pro-gun bloggers were furious when they saw
James Bond, in “Skyfall,” proudly showing off <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2012/11/skyfall_someone_should_make_james_bond_s_biometric_walther_ppk_s_gun.html" target="_blank">his
new biometrically protected weapon</a>. They were
convinced it was a Hollywood plot to undermine their
rights. </p>
<p> Yet there is reason for at least some hope that the
day when these technologies are in widespread use will
soon be here. Last week, there were two important
meetings about gun personalization technology. On
March 13, in Washington, Attorney General Eric Holder
Jr. met with several dozen advocates, including
Sebastian and Stephen Teret, the co-director of the
Center for Law and the Public Health at Johns Hopkins
University. The purpose of the meeting was to get
Holder up to speed on the technologies so he could
make recommendations to President Obama. </p>
<p> The following day, in San Francisco, <a href="http://www.sandyhookpromise.org/" target="_blank">Sandy Hook
Promise</a>, an organization founded by citizens of
Newtown, Conn., <a href="http://newtownbee.com/news/news/0001/11/30/sandy-hook-promise-launches-innovation-initiative/10397" target="_blank">publicly
launched</a> its “innovation initiative” in
collaboration with some Silicon Valley venture
capitalists and entrepreneurs. One of the leaders in
the effort is the venture capitalist Ron Conway, who
coincidentally threw a Christmas party on the day of
the Newtown massacre. Gabrielle Giffords was among
those who attended. Like so many others, Conway
decided he had to do something about guns after
Newtown. </p>
<p> The innovation initiative, which will make grants,
and even award prize money for good ideas, includes an
emphasis on gun personalization technology. A member
of the group, <a href="http://www.lagunabeachindependent.com/2012/07/26/guest-column-mirror-america/" target="_blank">Alan
Boinus</a>, who applied for a patent on a biometric
technology back in 1994, has founded a company, Allied
Biometrics, that is devoted to commercializing
biometric gun technology. He has already begun a
collaboration with Sebastian in New Jersey. </p>
<p> In classic Silicon Valley fashion, Boinus told me
that the government has been hopeless, and that
innovation and the market itself would solve the
problem. “The market will prove this out,” he said.
“People want to be responsible. People want safety.” </p>
<p> I agree with him that Congress has been hopeless and
then some, <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/03/19/feinstein-assault-weapons-ban-reid-senate-bill/2000119/" target="_blank">unable
to even work up the courage</a> to vote on an
assault weapons ban for fear of offending gun owners.
But I’m not convinced that the market alone can create
mass acceptance of this technology. It took years,
after all, for Congress to overcome the car industry’s
resistance to air bags, ultimately requiring a law
that made air bags mandatory. </p>
<p> <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/crime/2012/12/gun_death_tally_every_american_gun_death_since_newtown_sandy_hook_shooting.html" target="_blank">Thousands
of lives</a> could be saved each year if gun
personalization technology became the law of the land.
In mid-April, Representative John Tierney, a
Massachusetts Democrat, plans to introduce a House
bill requiring that all guns include personalization
technology within two years. </p>
<p> Congress once cared enough about the safety of its
citizens to pass laws about air bags and childproof
bottles. We’ll soon find out if it still cares enough
about the safety of its constituents to make
childproofing guns the law of the land. It should. </p>
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