4 Year Old Boy Kills Himself with Father's Police Service Weapon

I did not intend nor in my opinion did any of my posts exhibit
any vehemence. That you attribute same to what are objective
linked reputable facts is one of your problems. You vehemently
and repeatedly have attempted to present unsourced information
re (ancient) history while I’ve clearly offered most recent
statistics available and provided accessible links to
reputable sources. Where are your (irrelevant) links? 

You post “What you are not saying is that the current reversal
of the trend may only be temporary”

I’ve not said a lot of things, I’m only commenting on what
I’ve quoted.
You then introduce a subset of GSW in a specific age range.
While that may be interesting, so what? Your post is in
response to mine and I’ve not referenced any specific age
group. Why not 0 – 4 yr olds? Or; Just 4 yr olds?

You post “The problem is that you are posing a false dichotomy
by asserting that the trend is either up or down”.

Yes it is. It is,,,,,, either up or down. Not what it was, nor
what it will be, nor any prediction about whether or not it
will continue or be short lived. I repeatedly have made
specific reference to the most recent statistics available. I
also clearly stated in my #48 “AFTER DECLINING FOR MANY
YEARS”. Our knowledge of the best known objective FACTS in
this regard are restricted in so far as we can only know what
is available and much of that information is not available
until some time after the data is gathered, disseminated,
correlated and published by reputable sources. eg: 2008 and
2009 unintentional accidental gunshot fatalities are not yet
available on WISQARS.
The original statement I posted about (#14) used the
terminology “are becoming” that isn’t a reference to your
hundred year history nor any of the time frames you’ve
referenced. “Are becoming” as best we can determine could only
be appropriately compared to the most recent reputable
statistics available.

You post “What would be a more pertinent prediction, and more
impressive if you got it right, is if you predicted that the
total number of (fatal and nonfatal) unintentional GSW victims
will be higher in 2010 than it was in 2009. That, after all,
would actually support your assertion that unintentional GSWs
are increasing right now”.

My prediction simply was that the number of unintentional
firearm fatalities for  2008 and 2009 (when published) will
not be zero, which of course will make the numbers I did post,
larger.
Outside of that, I’ve made no assertions, I don’t know what
the numbers for 2010 will be when they are finally determined
and published. As I stated and is well known in a discussion
of this nature, we can only reference the most recent
reputable statistics available, a phrase commonly used when
accuracy is of concern along with an appropriate link of
course.