Tucker Carlson: More Kids Die 'In Their Bathtubs' Than From Gun Accidents

[DonViejo]

By CATHERINE THOMPSON Published AUGUST 11, 2014, 7:33 AM EDT

Fox News' Tucker Carlson on Saturday sharply criticized the network's report on securing firearms away from children, arguing that more kids die "drowning in their bathtubs" than from gun accidents.

Carlson was reacting to a "Fox & Friends Weekend" segment about a bill in New York state that would require firearms be safely stored with a locking device, which would prevent children from using them.

"The point of that package was guns are scary, gun owners are a threat to you and your children," he said. "The truth is, well, obviously a child's death is the worst tragedy imaginable. Far more children died last year drowning in their bathtubs than were killed accidentally by guns."

"So, I would like to see a package on, do you have a bathtub at home? Because I need to know that before I send my child over to your house," he added. "A little perspective might be helpful."

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/tucker-carlson-rips-fox-gun-safety-package

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Children Do Drown in Bathtubs – And You Can Prevent It
By CPSC Blogger on September 30, 2010

Did you know that after pools, more children younger than 5 years old drown in bathtubs than in any other product in and around your home? Most bathtub drowning and near-drowning incidents are to children under the age of 2.

From 2004-2006, nearly 100 children younger than 5 years of age drowned each year in bathtubs, baby bath seats or bathinettes, buckets and pails and in landscaping or yard products. Sixty-three percent of those drowning were in bathtubs; 12 percent were in baby bath seats or bathinettes.

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more
http://www.cpsc.gov/onsafety/2010/09/children-do-drown-in-bathtubs-%E2%80%93-and-you-can-prevent-it/

Epidemic: Guns kill twice as many kids as cancer does
Dustin Racioppi, The Asbury Park (N.J.) Press 7:28 a.m. EDT April 11, 2013

Children's group says gun deaths among youth also outnumber soldiers injured in Afghanistan.

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In 2010, 15,576 children and teenagers were injured by firearms — three times more than the number of U.S. soldiers injured in the war in Afghanistan, according to the defense fund.

Nationally, guns still kill twice as many children and young people than cancer, five times as many than heart disease and 15 times more than infection, according to the New England Journal of Medicine.

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/11/guns-child-deaths-more-than-cancer/2073259/

[bigdarryl]

1. WTF!!! ?

[FSogol]

2. Tucker is the caricature of the snotty conservative.

I'm surprised he doesn't get punched in the face countless times a day.

[rurallib]

5. the snarky asshole kid of the rich man who has never worked a day

in his life and had daddy bail his ass out of countless messes and hires bullies to do his dirty work?

[BlueMTexpat]

3. What. An. Idiot. eom

[vanlassie]

4. Apparently Tucker's mommy told him he was a perfect little angel

and he still believes her.

[underpants]

6. So why not try to prevent both?

Too much on your schedule Tucker?

[CanonRay]

7. My niece claimed that more people died from being hit with hammers than by guns

Of course, I set her straight, nicely, but now she's pissed at me. What is it with fact aversion and these gun nuts.

[yeoman6987]

10. Hopefully your niece is just "young and dumb"

She still has a chance, Tucker is done for. I hope your niece sees that she is at the very least wrong to get pissed at you over something like that. Best of luck!

[CanonRay]

11. Yeah, two for two

but add that she's a fundy as well, having married a religious wacko, so I think it's hopeless.

[FSogol]

16. That's a common myth perpetuated by the NRA. n/t

[aikoaiko]

21. the claim started off correctly as more kiled with blunt objects like hammers than with rifles.

But like most things - it morphed.

[Paladin]

8. Eternal Fuckhead. (nt)

[Jefferson23]

9. Asshole supporting guns. Guns are not the problem, bathtubs are.

Fucking reprehensible statements.

[Rex]

12. Tucker is a fucking moron. Why anyone listens to him, is a mystery to me.

He was born with a silver microphone in his hand and he still sucks at his job!

[Eleanors38]

24. Well, somebody here listens to him.

[rock]

13. From all that bleeding from gun-shot wounds?

[rock]

14. Or how about

Stop right there Marshall Dillon! I've got a bathtub and I know how to use it!

[rock]

17. One more step

and it's blazing bathtubs for you!

[PowerToThePeople]

15. Ban all Guns!! n/t

[doxydad]

19. AGREED! 1000%

No more guns. None. Make the killing STOP.

[doxydad]

18. Carlson is a fucking LIAR. n/t

[Initech]

20. Joseph Stalin come have only dreamed of a useful idiot like Tucker Carlson.

[Eleanors38]

22. Childhood accidental deaths, drowning vs guns: 1,000+ to 134

Check out the CDC which, contrary to some, still does research.

[Aristus]

23. Ah, the latest salvo fired by the "Ban-Everything-That-ISN'T-a-Gun" shitheads.

Jesus...