Gravity kills more than criminal use of firearms!

[wally]

Gravity kills more than the criminal use of firearms! So does poison!

They sent a safety power point presentation around at work and I was surprised to learn that falls killed 18807 people in 2004 (most recent year full stats are available from the CDC) and accidental poisonings killed 14,457.

Going to CDC website http://webapp.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/mortrate.html and using their cool query feature I found that in 2004 11,624 firearm murders were committed, 649 firearm accidental deaths and 16750 firearm suicides. Non-firearm homicides were 5733.

The CDC web site is a great resource despite the generally liberal bias of their leadership.

--wally.

 

[gunsmith]

this is a grave problem! outlaw gravity ! for the children!

 

[pcosmar]

I would fight gravity but, It's the Law.

 

[eric_t12]

i've been living with gravity for years... i'm used to it i guess. maybe a little more gravity wouldn't be so bad....? i mean, what if one day something happened and we had to be held onto the earth? i think a little gravy in reserve might help

 

[Fly320s]

Gravity?

Whoa, that's heavy.

 

[bensdad]

Gravity doesn't kill people... people kill people. There's 10 times more gravity on Jupiter. When was the last time someone died from "gravity" on Jupiter?

 

[nobody_special]

Curved spacetime is dangerous stuff, I guess. (BTW, I study black holes for a living...)

I imagine most of the people who die from falls are elderly and frail. Hm, maybe we should outlaw aging? After all, statistics show that growing old is inevitably fatal.

 

[Double Naught Spy]

Typical manipulation of key data. Somehow, the actual reason for deaths produced, "falls," gets changed to say "gravity." Why?

Was there something not sexy enough with actually restating the actual accurate information as reported by the CDC? Does revamping the information somehow make it better?

What was wrong with noting that falls kill more folks than firearms?

 

[nobody_special]

Typical manipulation of key data. Somehow, the actual reason for deaths produced, "falls," gets changed to say "gravity." Why?

Gravity is the cause of all falls. Lighten up...

 

[gc70]

Somehow, the actual reason for deaths produced, "falls," gets changed to say "gravity." Why?

It is extremely difficult to fall in the absence of gravity.

 

[Tim Burke]

This data underestimates the lethality of gravity... it doesn't include the instances in which people are killed by things falling on them. It's Saturday morning... used to be a perfect time to turn on your TV and see this demonstrated, usually with a piano.

 

[Rustynuts]

Gravity doesn't kill.....It's the sudden stop at the end!

 

[Wayne G.]

Gravity laws protect my right to pee standing up!

 

[Fly320s]

Gravity doesn't kill.....It's the sudden stop at the end!

Ah, then we just need to outlaw the sudden stops.

Padding on everything!!

 

[Texas Moon]

It's called Deceleration Poisioning

 

[Crunker1337]

We need to have reasonable restrictions on movement in order to stop this deadly problem.

 

[plexreticle]

I urge all Texans to write Rick Perry in support of anti-gravity research.

 

[elrod]

If gravity is indeed a law, then why aren't all returning astronauts arrested?

 

[jselvy]

I wonder if we could convince McCarthy (sp) to sponsor a bill outlawing dangerous vertical accelerations. She does have a history of banning things without understanding them.

Jefferson

 

[hexidismal]

I don't know jselvy , do you think she'll fall for it ?

 

[TallPine]

Even worse is that the USA, with 5% of the worlds population, uses up 60% of the world's gravity. One space shuttle launch uses up more gravity than the whole world did during the entire 19th century.

 

[jselvy]

Hexidecimal
You need to be punished for that one

Jefferson

 

[res1b3uq]

this thread

After reading this thread, I know why Limbaugh says to leave the jokes to professionals.

 

[wacki]

so do buckets of water.

 

[nobody_special]

If gravity is indeed a law, then why aren't all returning astronauts arrested?

Because they were in free-fall, and still subject to gravity.