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The statistic makes sense, owning a gun is more likely to harm than help you. That is across all of society though. The thing is, you own it and are personally
by ericmcer 9y ago
The statistic makes sense, owning a gun is more likely to harm than help you. That is across all of society though. The thing is, you own it and are personally in charge of storage, maintenance, operation, etc. So it is harder to blanket apply the harm vs help rule to an individual owner without knowing their personal practices.
- moomin 9y agoIt is, but it's also worth bearing in mind that, on average, you're going to be average. And, as is natural, you probably overestimate your own behavior. (This last point is basically true of everything, but gun safety's pretty unforgiving on that last point.)
- yellowapple 9y agoRight, but unless you're an expert on gun safety (which in turn implies being an expert on guns), you're probably not going to be qualified to determine if someone is above or below average in terms of gun safety.