However, there's a bias of pool location by climate. Most swimming pools are located in the South and Southwest, which make up let's say, about half the total population. That'd bring up the percentage to about 2.3 drownings per 100k. Also, the thing is, your drowning statistic is just drowning. It doesn't include complications from drowning, concussions, or any other swimming pool related injury. And as for your gun statistic, that includes a total of any and all fire arm related deaths, including intentional, accidental, or criminal.

There is hardly any support for pest control, and it's only available in populous regions or cities. In fact, they sometimes just tell you to handle whatever pest it is yourself sometimes, and if you're dealing with coyotes, or you get attacked by a bear out in the country, you'd be dead screwed without a gun. Guns serve a much greater and more ubiquitous purpose than you realize. Aside from sport, guns are used for self defense, hunting for food, which is necessary in some areas, and wildlife management. If I'm dealing with a burglar, I have no idea if they're armed. I'm not going to risk my life and or my family's lives, just because people used to have to do it in a worse manner. By that logic, why do we buy computers and PS4s when there are perfectly available Commodore 64s and 256 MB RAM sticks for our PCs? As for game and varmint hunting, state G&F departments outsource wildlife management to the public because it's cheaper, we get healthy, all natural venison, and because taking away our right to bear arms can result in a lot of consequences. For example, in the UK where guns aren't allowed, knife violence has increased dramatically.

Guns can be safe, fun, respectable tools, as long as gun safety is taught generously. Guns have the capability of being used to facilitate murder, but then again so do a lot of tools. Should we take away circular saws, hammer drills, and miter saws away, just because they can cause harm if not used properly? The reason I'm against more gun control, is because it only makes the ownership of guns taboo, and gun control advocates typically haven't had any experience with firearms, and have no insight into the supposed gun culture" they oppose. We should be focusing on improving the mental health care system, increasing background checks and, and possibly adding mental health screening to background checks. Not limiting the use and availability of guns to preexisting gun owners. Most gun violence occurs from intentional misuse such as gang violence and psychotic breaks from mentally unstable people, not from people buying AR15s and Mini14s so they can shoot recreationally or for hunting. /end rant