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Because whether it's people pulling the trigger or the gun itself, both are the direct source of harm. Bicycles are not the source of harm, cars are.

The analogous argument one way would be quibbling over whether it's the driver or the car. The analogous argument the other would be saying it's the shooting victims fault for being in a place where they are likely to get shot (bad neighborhood, in a position to surprise or threaten an armed individual, or maybe just in America)



>Bicycles are not the source of harm, cars are.

Of the 1,360 bicyclist deaths in 2022, 928 died in motor-vehicle crashes and 432 in other incidents, according to National Center for Health Statistics mortality data. Males accounted for 87% of all bicycle deaths


Also, more pointedly, guns [EDIT: Nope!] and cars are among the top causes of accidental death in America [1].

[1] https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/all-injuries/deaths-by-demograph...


I don't see guns here or anywhere else on this site. Very interesting data though.


I read “fire…” and made a bad assumption.




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