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Self defense, self sufficiency, an aid to help preserve individual freedom. I can already hear your reply rejecting each and every benefit, and just know that

Self defense, self sufficiency, an aid to help preserve individual freedom. I can already hear your reply rejecting each and every benefit, and just know that I will not agree. They are absolutely benefits me and those like be enjoy

KittenInABox 5y ago
Genuinely asking: how has a gun helped you personally with self defense or individual freedom?
- dude187 5y ago
  Self defense gun usage occurs very regularly. I'm fortunate to not have to have resorted to that myself, but the same goes for using my seat belt to protect my body. Also, the biggest dodge I see "studies" take in trying to discount defensive gun usage is to require a bullet to have been shot for it to count. This is very rarely the case for it to be effective at stopping a situation.
  - cratermoon 5y ago
    > Self defense gun usage occurs very regularly Actually no. The research generally points towards defensive gun use being rare and, when it does happen, are associated with escalated arguments, and are both socially undesirable and illegal. "A majority of the reported self defense gun uses were rated as probably illegal by a majority of judges. This was so even under the assumption that the respondent had a permit to own and carry the gun, and that the respondent had described the event honestly. Guns are used to threaten and intimidate far more often than they are used in self defense. Most self reported self defense gun uses may well be illegal and against the interests of society." [1][2] 1. https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hicrc/firearms-research/gun-threats-and-self-defense-gun-use-2/ https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hicrc/firearms-research/gun-thr... 2. https://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/injuryprev/6/4/263.full.pdf https://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/injuryprev/6/4/263.... See also Survey Research and Self-Defense Gun Use: An Explanation of Extreme Overestimates: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1144020 https://www.jstor.org/stable/1144020 The epidemiology of self-defense gun use: evidence from the National Crime Victimization Surveys 2007-2011 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25910555/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25910555/

KittenInABox 5y ago

Genuinely asking: how has a gun helped you personally with self defense or individual freedom?

dude187 5y ago
Self defense gun usage occurs very regularly. I'm fortunate to not have to have resorted to that myself, but the same goes for using my seat belt to protect my body. Also, the biggest dodge I see "studies" take in trying to discount defensive gun usage is to require a bullet to have been shot for it to count. This is very rarely the case for it to be effective at stopping a situation.
- cratermoon 5y ago
  > Self defense gun usage occurs very regularly Actually no. The research generally points towards defensive gun use being rare and, when it does happen, are associated with escalated arguments, and are both socially undesirable and illegal. "A majority of the reported self defense gun uses were rated as probably illegal by a majority of judges. This was so even under the assumption that the respondent had a permit to own and carry the gun, and that the respondent had described the event honestly. Guns are used to threaten and intimidate far more often than they are used in self defense. Most self reported self defense gun uses may well be illegal and against the interests of society." [1][2] 1. https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hicrc/firearms-research/gun-threats-and-self-defense-gun-use-2/ https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hicrc/firearms-research/gun-thr... 2. https://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/injuryprev/6/4/263.full.pdf https://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/injuryprev/6/4/263.... See also Survey Research and Self-Defense Gun Use: An Explanation of Extreme Overestimates: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1144020 https://www.jstor.org/stable/1144020 The epidemiology of self-defense gun use: evidence from the National Crime Victimization Surveys 2007-2011 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25910555/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25910555/