About .5 people per 100,000 population (1400 total, all ages) die from accidental gunshot wounds and about 33 per 100,000 (100,000 total) are injured accidentally with gunshots (per US Centers for Disease Control/prevention) per year recently. The rate has been dropping steadily for years.
Some of the accidents are results of hunting accidents. Some are associated with mistakenly thinking a gun was unloaded. Some involve idiotic behaviour like “horseplay.” Some involve unsupervised children. Virtually all of them involve inattention to a few basic safety rules. Very few of them involve pre-teen …
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The trials and tribulations of Building 800
Chabot Spectator The first question that came to mind when I caught this on the poop sheet that's given out every week in the press room was ‘are you serious?' I mean it'sa brand new building. From the outside it looks elite, a nice new chain linked white rail that … |
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Macca wants to poop the party
Essex Echo, UK By Chris Phillips » The table-topping Foxes visit Roots Hall on Saturday knowing a win would clinch promotion and the League One championship. But the Shrimpers midfielder is keen to delay their impending celebrations by securing a shock victory for … |
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Gary Bogue: "Wild Gardening" means using no pesticides
Contra Costa Times, CA By Gary Bogue Spring is sprung, as they say, and I carted home 12 bags of steer poop last weekend to celebrate. (I assume those of you who aren't laughing are gardeners.) I left the bags of manure next to one of the garden boxes so Lois could shovel … |
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5-month-old puppy isn't housebroken: Ask Dog Lady
The Plain Dealer – cleveland.com, OH When I take her out, she will pee or poop but will never initiate it on her own. She sleeps through the night, but daytime, despite my taking her out every hour, she will still pee or poop in the house if I don't see her right away. … No shirking duties South End News all 2 news articles |