And that’s with gun ownership in the U.S. continuing to increase.
The National Safety Council’s annual report for 2022, the last year for which statistics are available, showed the decades-long trend of increased diligence with firearms is paying off.
While there is more to do to shrink this number further, the report showed that 463 preventable injury-related deaths occurred from the misuse of a weapon. That is a remarkable 39.2% drop from two decades ago and 15.5% within the last 10 years.
Only two years since 1903 showed a lower total —2014 and 2018.
That figure becomes even more impressive when juxtaposed against other trends over the previous 10 years. Preventable fire-related fatalities soared 41.2% from 2012 to 2022, and motor vehicle deaths climbed 26.4%.
More good news came from the relationship between firearm-related fatalities and overall injury-related deaths. When calculated as a percentage, the most recent figures show the former accounted for just 0.2% of the total, down 0.1% from previous figures.
As reported by the NSSF, the firearm industry trade association, the rate of death from accidental injury from a gun is literally one in a million. When compared to fatal auto accidents, an individual in 2022 was 138 times more likely to lose their life to a highway accident than a weapon accident.
Besides the plunge in firearm-related fatalities, the most startling number related to poisoning. These preventable tragedies soared from 36,332 in 2012 to 102,958 just ten years later.
A 183.4% spike. And poisonings increased an unimaginable 486.7% over two decades.
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