Angela asked this question about
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away:
Bryson asserts on page 86 that "Each year, 40,000 Americans die from gunshot wounds, the great majority of them by accident." I'm no expert on statistics, but according to the basic Google search I just did, 62% of American gun deaths are suicides, 35% are homicides, and the remaining 3% are accidental. Last time I checked, 3% did not qualify as a "great majority." Why did this kind of error go to print unchecked?
Naomi
Keep in mind the book was published in 1999, so the statistics were probably accurate for at that time.
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