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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do the same people who are beating their breasts about gun ownership inquire about what medications are kept in the home and whether there is a lock on the medicine cabinet? Whether a purse with a pill box is left in the open? Would you consider someone asking you what medications you’re on too intrusive? Because accidental ingestion and overdose of medications (yes, even innocently, not kids on heroin or anything) is a bigger problem for kids these days than an accidental shooting. You all are worried about the wrong pervasive problem here, and hypocrites to boot. [/quote]

Guns are now the third leading cause of death for U.S. children. It is well established that the rates of accidental gun deaths in children are underestimated because they have historically been classified in the category of "accidental deaths" a category that includes a lot of other things (and would also include prescription drugs, etc.) So it's hard to get concrete numbers on either of the scenarios you describe. That said, you (and your children) take risks every time you leave your house. Some people choose where their risk tolerance ends...and for some people that's at weapons. [/quote]

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