Quote Originally Posted by Malto View Post
Also, according to the internet which has to be right, we average three bear fatalities per year but 90 deaths due to lighting. Perhaps a gun would put you more at risk due to the metal content and risk of lightning strikes.
In this instance, relying on Wikipedia for stats is a bad idea. The real figures for lightning deaths are nowhere near 90.

http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/fatalities.shtml