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Sharnbrook, you mentioned that you have known 2 people involved with vehicle accidents and none with firearms. But that could be because the number of vehicle owners and drivers is vastly more in proportion wrt firearm users
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What I actually said was that I have known of 2 people killed in vehicle accidents
on the way to a range. Therefore there is a direct relationship to gun owners and drivers. I have known of dozens of people severely injured or killed on the roads, and that's not just a figure of speech.
If I may make another point. Whilst all right minded people are appalled and sickened by senseless killings such as Port Arthur, St Columbines, Dunblane etc etc, it never ceases to amaze me that for a very large section of our society, computer games that involve mass destruction and the death of all the "opposition" have become a way of life. So much of what is watched on tv is extreme violence, and all in the name of entertainment!! What is entertaining about killing? Is it any wonder that some people "lose it", and go off the rails? In my opinion, I can only believe that those who commit these atrocities have an uncontrolable latent mental condition, and are therefore clinically mad at the time of their actions. However, would they be tipped over the edge if the seeds had not been sown by such a mainstream source of what masquerades as entertainment? I suspect not, but then I'm not a psychologist.