[LeRoySmith]

Originally Posted by dougjb

Moreover, many homeowners with guns find that their guns are used by their children or grandchildren who find them and play with them. The number one cause of death for an infant is not fever, contagion, SIDS or any other health reason. The number one killer of infants is death by the discharge of a gun.

I'm curious where you got this piece of information. I've been searching and reading since your post and I can't find any evidence to confirm it. I do see where unintentional injuries is the top cause of death in infants and children, as you dig into what that means I don't see firearms mentioned anywhere. The info isn't very recent but the CDC and NIH say pretty much the same thing.

Unintentional Injuries
Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death in children ages 1 to 9. In 1999, they accounted for 36 percent of deaths in the 1 to 4 age group and 42 percent of deaths in the 5 to 9 age group.

Among children aged 1 to 4, motor vehicle occupant injury is the leading cause of unintentional injury-related death, followed by drowning, fire and burns, airway obstruction injuries (choking and suffocation), and motor vehicle pedestrian injuries. Among children aged 5 to 9, motor vehicle occupant injury is again the leading cause of unintentional injury-related death, followed by drowning, fire and burns, airway obstruction injuries, and other transportation fatalities (NCHS, 2001b). Failure to wear seat belts is an important factor in motor vehicle deaths. Nearly 6 out of 10 children under the age of 15 killed in a motor vehicle crash in 2000 were not restrained by a seat belt or child safety seat (NHTSA, 2000).