Sorry, RY23 – guns are much more dangerous and kill a lot more people. HOWEVER there are major problems with pools and children. I just watched the video on YWN about the two-year-old who climbed up the “child-proof” gate and might have drowned if his parents hadn’t been around. It was horrifying.
Most of these tragedies didn’t need to happen. We don’t think, or we think, like the people who leave kids in hot cars, that “a couple of minutes will be OK.”
A couple of minutes is never OK, and might be the cause of a lifetime of regret. Learn pool safety, make sure your pool is safe, and keep an eagle eye on any child anywhere near the water.
Let’s have a summer with no child drownings this year.