Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Want a gun? Take a bullet: [View all]MillennialDem
(2,367 posts)you want to convince me. Until then, the paper those studies are printed on are more valuable as toilet paper.
And yes here is the mathematical REALITY. It's not a fake study.
https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2010/crime-in-the-u.s.-2010/tables/10shrtbl15.xls
about 250 assailants killed by firearm per year. That's nothing. There are more deaths in ALL of the following categories, SEPARATELY:
Suicides
Homicides
Accidents
and together they blow that out of the water.
Some assailants are surely wounded though, rather than killed? Yep, certainly. But so are people who survive shootings in suicide attempts, attempted murder/assaults, and accidents. Those also outnumber wounded assailants.
But some assailants are scared off by guns, right? That's what your link says. Yeah. Maybe. Produce a truly falsifiable study, not an estimate to back it up and you'll have me change my position.
And yes I have the right to make decisions for others based on statistical reality. That's why I will not stop until the 2nd is thrown in the garbage.
And me being non-violent makes me safe? What a joke. I think a lot of gun owners like the idea that they can actually start a fight (by initiating violence, and then shoot if they lose or the other person stands up for him or herself. I had a tiny woman once shove me in the back then give me the stink eye when I said "what the fuck?" wouldn't be surprised if she wanted me to push her back then she shoots me).
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