The Daily KOS has a weekly "Gun Fail" article where they post a compilation of all the accidental gun-related deaths and injuries around America. One of my FB "friends" (old friend who has become a liberal, anti-gun freak) posts this article regularly.

I wondered if anyone knows where to get a similar type list or compilation of guns used in home defense, personal defense, etc. I've used general stats I've found to argue with this guy regarding guns being used to prevent crime and that it far outweighs the accidental shootings, but have not found a specific list of these, which would be more helpful.

Here's a link to one of the dailykos posts: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/30/1293416/-Whaddya-mean-it-s-too-dangerous-for-me-to-drive-I-ll-show-you-dangerous-BLAM-GunFAIL-LXVII

Check the NRA website. It usually has some pretty good stories.

The Daily KOS has a weekly "Gun Fail" article where they post a compilation of all the accidental gun-related deaths and injuries around America. One of my FB "friends" (old friend who has become a liberal, anti-gun freak) posts this article regularly.

I wondered if anyone knows where to get a similar type list or compilation of guns used in home defense, personal defense, etc. I've used general stats I've found to argue with this guy regarding guns being used to prevent crime and that it far outweighs the accidental shootings, but have not found a specific list of these, which would be more helpful.

Here's a link to one of the dailykos posts: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/30/1293416/-Whaddya-mean-it-s-too-dangerous-for-me-to-drive-I-ll-show-you-dangerous-BLAM-GunFAIL-LXVII

some ideas to look up:
pool accidents
accidental poisonings
dog attacks
drunk driving
trip and fall
golfing accidents
hanggliding accidents
falling asleep at the wheel
these probably all happen at a much higher rate

Check the NRA website. It usually has some pretty good stories.

I've pulled articles from there before. Guns.com is another pretty reliable source for self-defense reporting as well. One time I did scour the internet to send a list back to the guy and came up with a lot of articles to cite, but that took me forever to compile. I am hoping to find a source so I could copy/paste.

some ideas to look up:
pool accidents
accidental poisonings
dog attacks
drunk driving
trip and fall
golfing accidents
hanggliding accidents
falling asleep at the wheel
these probably all happen at a much higher rate

You forgot to add "dentist visits gone bad" to that list. Gotta watch out for those guys! 

You forgot to add "dentist visits gone bad" to that list. Gotta watch out for those guys! 

yeah, ok
i walked right into that one

 

The Daily KOS has a weekly "Gun Fail" article where they post a compilation of all the accidental gun-related deaths and injuries around America. One of my FB "friends" (old friend who has become a liberal, anti-gun freak) posts this article regularly.

I wondered if anyone knows where to get a similar type list or compilation of guns used in home defense, personal defense, etc. I've used general stats I've found to argue with this guy regarding guns being used to prevent crime and that it far outweighs the accidental shootings, but have not found a specific list of these, which would be more helpful.

Here's a link to one of the dailykos posts: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/30/1293416/-Whaddya-mean-it-s-too-dangerous-for-me-to-drive-I-ll-show-you-dangerous-BLAM-GunFAIL-LXVII

Here's a pretty good compilation site with categories for searching (number of suspects, types of guns used, etc.)

http://gunssavelives.net/

Here's a pretty good compilation site with categories for searching (number of suspects, types of guns used, etc.

http://gunssavelives.net/

Thanks! This is a great site.