Originally Posted by k71021
According to a published research paper by Miller M, Azrael D, Hemenway D. at your National Library of Medicine, between 1979 and 1997, "...almost 30,000 people died from unintentional firearm injuries, half of whom were under 25 years of age..."
How many of them were bicyclists? Any?
Originally Posted by k71021
Sorry, if I have pissed some people off. I actually like a lot about the United States and Americans. And yes I have been to the U.S.A. on at least a dozen occasions, so I am not completely ignorant—just partially. I simple feel that the lightning thing is stupid and made a dumb mistake of bring up the politically loaded firearm issue as a comparison. My point was to compare it to more probable concern
Apology accepted. Your point is well taken. It was stupid to make snide comments about US culture in order to make your valid point about an irrational concern over an insignificant risk - A risk probably slightly less insignificant than cyclists dying from unintentional firearm injuries while cycling.