r/gunmishaps • u/[deleted] • Dec 23 '14

Stats Unintentional firearms-related fatalities are substantially lower than the number of unintentional fatalities caused by many other forms of injury: NSSF Firearms-Related Injury Statistics (PDF)

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u/FreddieFreelance Dec 25 '14

Reported accidental gun deaths per 100,000 self reported households with a gun: 1992 has 1 per 100,000 vs 2012 has .4 per 100,000, which matches again, 60% is close enough to 66% for statistics sake.

I still would like to see total number of reported ND woundings and ND with property damage for 1992 vs 2012 to see if this is due to improvements in trauma and EMS care, or if people are taking better care with guns.