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Published on Nov 24, 2015

Jarts - Lawn darts and Gun Control.

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Lawn Darts... Jarts

Who remembers these?

For ALL the years that
lawn darts were legal,
6,100 people went to the ER after being injured by them.

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In 2010,
15,576 children and teenagers were injured by firearms.
(Notice that adults
are not in that number)

That is 3 times more than the number of US soldiers injured in the war in Afghanistan.

In 2011,14,675 people were wounded in an unintentional shooting but survived.

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Guns kill twice as many children as cancer and 5 times as many children as heart disease.

Since their invention,
4 people have died from
lawn dart injuries.
FOUR.

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Lawn Darts were banned in 1988 because of the danger they posed to children.

Photo by HeyRocker

You know that guy who
convinced lawmakers to ban
lawn darts?
Can we get him
to work on gun control?

Gun statistics are from USA Today,
April 11, 2013

Photo by kylepost

Jart information is from mentalfloss.com
written by Mark Soniak and wikipedia

Photo by MysterioP