Let’s not get tied up in semantics but the idea that you can’t “accidentally” shoot someone is nonsense. Whether you call it negligence or not, if it’s not on purpose, then it’s an accident.
Well you’d be wrong, overwhelmingly the majority of those are suicides, followed by intentional homicides, and lastly negligence (you can try and remove the negligent party’s guilt by calling them accidents all you want, but the “accident” occurs through blatant negligence every time.)
Only you don’t accidentally beat someone to death with a hammer.
You don’t accidentally shoot anyone either, it’s negligence.
Let’s not get tied up in semantics but the idea that you can’t “accidentally” shoot someone is nonsense. Whether you call it negligence or not, if it’s not on purpose, then it’s an accident.
They subscribe to the NRA falsehood about “guns don’t kill people etc.”. Such people are usually lost causes.
Accident isn’t a harsh enough word.
In the US a gun is more likely to kill the owner or their family than anyone else.
I’m fairly sure ethe vast majority of those are accidental.
Well you’d be wrong, overwhelmingly the majority of those are suicides, followed by intentional homicides, and lastly negligence (you can try and remove the negligent party’s guilt by calling them accidents all you want, but the “accident” occurs through blatant negligence every time.)
You: Well you are wrong, because if you don’t count these gun deaths, then there are almost no gun deaths.
Did you not read what I replied to?
Do you define intentional suicides and intentional homicides as accidents or are you being a snarky jackass without a license?
It’s a lot faster to do it with a car
Speak for yourself.