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> A gun doesn't keep you or your family safe Defensive gun use is far more common in the USA than murders by firearms: http://guncite.com/gun_control_gcdguse.
by MCRed 11y ago
> A gun doesn't keep you or your family safe
Defensive gun use is far more common in the USA than murders by firearms:
http://guncite.com/gun_control_gcdguse.html http://guncite.com/gun_control_gcdguse.html
> when we look at the data, all of these provide no tangible benefit, and often great harm.
No tangible benefit? Even 100,000 people saved by guns annually (the low end number) is "tangible benefit".
According to the CDC, there are 11k homicides by firearms:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/homicide.htm http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/homicide.htm
If you look at other countries, when guns are banned there is a shift from guns to other methods of killing ,but not a significant decline in homicides.
This is what you see when looking at the data.
- newday 11y agoA perfect example of what I'm talking about. If we look at western countries, the US leads in homicide. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intention.... You're narrative doesn't fit the data.
- WhyDoiPostHere 11y ago> A perfect example of what I'm talking about. It's certainly a perfect example that people see what they want to see, even when presented with overwhelming evidence to the contrary. I'm talking about you, by the way.
- newday 11y agoLike facts?
- WhyDoiPostHere 11y agoYou mean those links he provided in his response? You don't consider the CDC a reliable source of data?