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We are only sure about our own country and its recent history on this issue, and indicating information on this issue without the qualifiers is tantamount to saying something of which we know nothing about like we do know, yet we really don't know - which is deception, is misleading, and in this case can be deadly (kind of like the statements on WMD's in Iraq)...
NW would be like the pellet gun mentioned (ownership controlled by a merchant) - OW would be like a loaded .45ACP (ownership controlled by the BATF) - either could cause harm and perhaps no death, but the latter is more prone to putting you in the ground...only anecdotal reports on this and no firm facts to back this up mind ya!
Did I say OW? sorry, I meant Old World
I couldn't disagree more with you pushing my comparison further with the .45ACP. A .45 acp will most likely kill a child shot anywhere on his little body. It won't put him in bed for 3 days. It WILL kill him. Heck, even the recoil from the gun could be harmful to a child.
As far as we know, Old World species never killed an american child. They sure could, if they bit in the eye, on the tongue(by asphixy as mentionned before) or if by some incredible bad luck it bit a kid in the neck and the fangs reached the carotid. So could a pellet gun MAYBE, in case of extreme bad luck kill a child if he was shot in the eye, temporal area or if it could by some exceptional shot reach the carotid. The bottom line is that Tarantulas, even Old World are extremely unlikely to kill a child as bites are ridiculously unlikely to happen in these areas.