> but for most people, planning on using their gun for self-defense is a bit like becoming an alcoholic to reduce your risk of heart disease. This is a ridicul

> but for most people, planning on using their gun for self-defense is a bit like becoming an alcoholic to reduce your risk of heart disease. This is a ridiculous conclusion. Sorry, you can't just take numbers from one study, and divide by another to approximate relative risk or odds ratio. That isn't how public health statistics and policy works.