“On average, about nine children under 5 years of age die every year from strangling in window blinds, shades, draperies and other window coverings with cords.”
So 225 over 25 years. Again, not statistically significant.
A child dying from something that could have been prevented cannot be dismissed as a simple statistical insignificance. That’s the most cynical thing I’ve heard in a while.
We should ban seat belts, then. Theres a non-zero chance that they could trap you in a car in a crash leading to your death. Never mind that the chance is statistically insignificant.
Also, do other countries mandate this safety feature?
Seat belts are designed specifically to save people’s lives. In action, they prevent a lot more deaths than they cause. Firearms are designed specifically to take people’s lives. In action, they cause a lot more deaths than they prevent.
It seems Trump has no problem advocating for undoing the 14th Amendment to ban birthright citizenship. If he does that, I see no problem undoing the 2nd Amendment.
277 people… over 25 years. It’s statistically insignificant on a population of 300 million people.
By point of comparison:
https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/2023/Nearly-Half-of-Incidents-with-Kids-and-Corded-Window-Coverings-Resulted-in-Death-GoCordless-to-Save-Lives
“On average, about nine children under 5 years of age die every year from strangling in window blinds, shades, draperies and other window coverings with cords.”
So 225 over 25 years. Again, not statistically significant.
A child dying from something that could have been prevented cannot be dismissed as a simple statistical insignificance. That’s the most cynical thing I’ve heard in a while.
Individual tragedies are never going to be prevented. You might as well mandate kids exist in giant hamster balls 24/7.
Oh, but then they might suffocate.
It’s perfectly preventable in other countries. In the western world, this is pretty much a uniquely American experience.
We should ban seat belts, then. Theres a non-zero chance that they could trap you in a car in a crash leading to your death. Never mind that the chance is statistically insignificant.
Also, do other countries mandate this safety feature?
Seat belts are designed specifically to save people’s lives. In action, they prevent a lot more deaths than they cause. Firearms are designed specifically to take people’s lives. In action, they cause a lot more deaths than they prevent.
It’s hyperbole. An exaggerated example to prove a point.
Guns are used 60,000+ times per year in defensive situations.
And hundreds of thousands of times in criminal situations, including more than 10,000 gun-related homicides.
You can’t undo the 2nd amendment, there are over 400 million guns in the country.
The fact that there are only 11 deaths per year on a population of 400 million guns shows just how insignificant the problem is.
It’s not even a “1 in a million” kind of thing.
It’s a 1 in 36 million kind of thing.
It seems Trump has no problem advocating for undoing the 14th Amendment to ban birthright citizenship. If he does that, I see no problem undoing the 2nd Amendment.