Turns out that a swimming pool is more of a death trap than a gun. In 1997 alone, 742 children under the age of 10 drowned in the United States alone. About 75% of those drownings occurred in residential swimming pools.
Recent stats indicate that there are about six million swimming pools in the US, which means that 1 young child drowns annually for every 11,000 pools.
About 175 children under the age of 10 died in 1998 as a result of guns. About two-thirds of those deaths were homicides-not fully preventable accidents. There are an estimated 200 million guns in the United States, meaning one child is killed by guns for every one million guns.
When it comes to guns, regardless of what your position is on the debate, almost everyone agrees that it is wise to keep guns away from children and knows the safety precautions to take when they have both a gun and a young child in their home.
However, people usually don't suspect that pools could be dangerous to young children until it's too late. For more information about kiddy-proofing your pool, check out the source.