Pools

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Pools are dangerous:

• There were more than 3300 unintentional drownings in the United States, an average of 9 per day.(CDC 2006)
  U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  

• For children 1-4 years old who died, 26% died from drowning (CDC 2006). Fatal drowning remains the second-leading cause of unintentional injury-related death for children ages 1 to 14 years (CDC 2005) 
  U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• It is estimated that for each drowning death, there are 1 to 4 non-fatal submersions serious enough to result in hospitalization. Children who still require CPR at the time of arrival to the emergency department have a poor prognosis, with at least half of survivors suffering significant brain damage.
  American Academy of Pediatrics  

• 19% of drowning deaths involving children occur in public pools with certified Lifeguards present.
  Drowning Prevention Foundation

• Children under five and adolescents between the ages of 15-24 have the highest drowning rates.
  U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• An estimated 5,000 children age 14 and under are hospitalized due to unintentional drowning-related incidents each year; 15 percent die in the hospital and as many as 20 percent suffer severe, permanent neurological disability. National Safety Council

• Of all preschoolers who drown, 70 percent are in the care of one or both parents at the time of the drowning and 75 percent are missing from sight for five minutes or less.
  Orange County, CA, Fire Authority
• Stats from: www.poolcenter.com

How are children protected? 

We teach them to swim. We take time to make sure they know the Rules of Safe Pool Use. We test them to make sure they can swim safely.

This is exactly the attitude we should have with firearms/shooting!

I teach them to shoot. I take time to make sure they know the Rules of Safe Firearms Use. I test them to make sure they can shoot safely.

--Because I Love Them.