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Arming up for the War on Christmas

That is a US Congressman. And two of his family members are shown pointing their guns at each other.

It’s a good thing gun accidents don’t happen:

Studies show that higher rates of household gun ownership and availability of guns are associated with higher rates of unintentional firearm deaths.There is an association between unsafely stored firearms and unintentional gun deaths — one study found that states with higher rates of unsafely stored guns have higher rates of unintentional gun deaths.

Children ages 5-14 were more likely to die from unintentional gun injuries if they lived in states where guns are more prevalent. This trend holds for adults, too. A 2013 survey found that in New York, 10.3% of the adult population owns guns while 48.9% of Alabama’s adult population owns guns. Alabama’s unintentional firearm death rate is 48 times that of New York.

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