School Project - Say No to Gun Control

By Bob Owens | 9:22 PM | December 16, 2013

We have a tendency in this culture to think that knowledge flows one way, from older accredited experts to young and less experienced students. The thing is, you can learn from anyone, if you take the time to listen.

This school project on gun control from a young Bearing Arms reader taught me a terrifying statistic that I knew nothing about previously.

Hippos killed 2,900 people last year.

As of 2011, rifles of all kinds are only responsible for 323 murder; so-called “assault rifles” are a small subsection of that.

Based on these figures, you’re ten times more likely to die from the charge of an ill-tempered semi-aquatic mammal than be shot with an AR-15!

If you need me, I’ll be doing bong hits with Gary Gutting and making up false syllogisms for the New York Times.

No, not really.

Bob Owens is the Editor of BearingArms.com. Bob is a graduate of roughly 400 hours of professional firearms training classes, including square range and force-on force work with handguns and carbines. He is a past volunteer instructor with Project Appleseed. He most recently received his Vehicle Close Quarters Combat Instructor certification from Centrifuge Training, and is the author of the short e-book, So You Want to Own a Gun. He can be found on Twitter at bob_owens.