TJSexton

One man lost a pinky finger and the legal system is in an uproar (even though he was negligent in his use of the product)... The following is from the NRA Info Center:

Firearms are the second leading cause of traumatic death related to a consumer product in the United States and are the second most frequent cause of death overall for Americans ages 15 to 24. Since 1960, more than a million Americans have died in firearm suicides, homicides, and unintentional injuries. In 2003 alone, 30,136 Americans died by gunfire: 16,907 in firearm suicides, 11,920 in firearm homicides, 730 in unintentional shootings, and 232 in firearm deaths of unknown intent, ...

Since handgun deaths are accepted as a fact of life the answer is obvious... It's not how safe or unsafe your product is, it's how good a Washington Lobby you have.

The woodworking industry needs to simply hire the same group that lobbies for the gun industry.