Things I Heard

Yesterday, I heard a woman call in to a radio show discussing yesterday’s Supreme Court decision related to gun rights. Conversation paraphased below.

Caller: I support today’s decision. And I remember that I read in Freakenomics that more people die in backyard swimming pools than from guns? So, therefore shouldn’t we legislate pools?

Lawyer that actually defended gun rights and won: (Remember, he’s on her side) Ma’am that’s an erroneous statistic because those writers were talking about accidental deaths. But intentional deaths at the hands of guns are actually much much higher. Not even a comparison.

(He didn’t mention the fact that we do actually legislate backyard pool construction, either.)