{"id":95463,"date":"2018-08-13T19:26:27","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T23:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=95463"},"modified":"2018-08-13T19:26:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T16:10:39","slug":"brady-trumped-up-stats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/brady-trumped-up-stats\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: New Brady Campaign Ad Uses Misleading, Trumped-Up Stats to Push Safe Storage"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new advertising campaign by the Brady Campaign and Center to Prevent Gun Violence claims that every day in the United States eight “kids” die or are injured by unintentional gunshot wounds. There\u2019s just one problem: it isn\u2019t true.<\/p>\n

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According to the CDC<\/a> statistics they cite<\/a>, the actual number of children (0-17) unintentionally killed or injured by gunshot wounds every day is closer to four. While still a tragically high number, it\u2019s nowhere near the statistic they repeat here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a>, and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To reach the eight-children-per-day threshold, 18 and 19-year-old adults must also be included in the data set. In that case, the number is just shy of eight per day.<\/p>\n

We contacted the Brady Campaign via email, and they admitted to using the 0-19 range. When we asked why they included adults in their ad about “kids,” they said they used that age range because 18 and 19-year-olds still have access to their parents’ homes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe chose to include 18 and 19 year olds in our statistic because the majority of them either still live with their parents or have access to their parents home,” said Kyleanne Hunter, VP of programs at the Brady Center and co-founder of Vets for Gun Reform. “They may legally be able to purchase a firearm from a store, but if they have access to an unlocked and loaded gun in their parents\u2019 home there’s a greater risk of unintentional injury.”<\/p>\n

The data comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s WISQARS reporting system, which includes categories for fatal<\/a> and non-fatal<\/a> injury reports. The Brady Campaign calculated their stat by averaging the data from 2011-2015 for non-fatal gun injuries and 2012-2016 for fatal gun injuries.<\/p>\n

The reporting system is easy to use. In our analysis, we filtered the data by intent or manner of injury (unintentional), cause or mechanism of injury (firearm), years reported (2011-2015 non-fatal, 2012-2016 fatal), and age range (>1-17). We’ve posted screen shots below.<\/p>\n

\"Exclusive:<\/a>

Data from the CDC’s Fatal Injury Data reporting system: https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/injury\/wisqars\/fatal.html<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

\"Exclusive:<\/a>

Data from the CDC’s Non-Fatal Injury Data reporting system: https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/injury\/wisqars\/nonfatal.html<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

If those numbers are added together and divided by 5 (per year) and 365 (per day), the resulting number is 4.44 children unintentionally killed or injured by a firearm per day.<\/p>\n

If the data set is expanded to include 18 and 19-year-olds, the number jumps to 7.83.<\/p>\n

\"Exclusive:<\/a>

Data from the CDC’s Fatal Injury Data reporting system: https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/injury\/wisqars\/fatal.html<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

\"Exclusive:<\/a>

Data from the CDC’s Non-Fatal Injury Data reporting system: https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/injury\/wisqars\/nonfatal.html<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Conversely, if the data set is restricted to children of the age represented in the ad (0-10), the number drops precipitously. In that age range, 1.003 children are unintentionally injured or killed per day with a firearm.\u00a0 For perspective, about 1.3 children (0-10) per day unintentionally drowned over that same time period.<\/p>\n

\"Exclusive:<\/a>

Data from the CDC’s Fatal Injury Data reporting system: https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/injury\/wisqars\/fatal.html<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

\"Exclusive:<\/a>

Data from the CDC’s Non-Fatal Injury Data reporting system: https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/injury\/wisqars\/nonfatal.html<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

SEE ALSO:\u00a0Brady Campaign PSA \u2018Guns Don\u2019t Kill People, Toddlers Kill People\u2019<\/a><\/h2>\n

Brady spokespeople told NBC News<\/a> that this campaign is designed to find common ground with gun owners.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the gun violence conversation, gun owners were largely missing,\u201d Hunter said. \u201cThis is completely outside the realm of politics. It’s not red state, blue state \u2014 it\u2019s families who want to do what\u2019s best to protect the most vulnerable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gun owners agree that firearms should be stored safely, and even though the Brady Campaign uses misleading stats, the true numbers are still tragic. But pro-gun organizations like the National Shooting Sports Foundation have been promoting safe gun storage for decades.\u00a0Since 1999, NSSF’s\u00a0Project Childsafe<\/a>\u00a0has worked to encourage and empower gun owners to store firearms securely, and their efforts have succeeded: according to the CDC, fatal firearm accidents have declined 24 percent between 2006 and 2015.<\/p>\n

If organizations like the Brady Campaign really want to reach across the aisle, they\u2019ll partner with organizations like the NSSF rather than using trumped-up statistics to mislead the public.<\/p>\n

We aren’t holding our breath.<\/p>\n

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