Alan: No one in my extended family owns a handgun.
The only rifle owner in my family is an avid hunter who prefers to use bow and arrow.
Despite my infrequent association with gun owners, I do know homes in which firearm suicide and accidental homicide have taken place. (A teenager shot a pre-teen.)
I know no one who has used a firearm to prevent a crime.
I have never had a freind tell me of such an instance in their lives or the lives of people they know.
I have never had a freind tell me of such an instance in their lives or the lives of people they know.
And I will bet dollars to doughnuts you don't know anyone either.
The belief that Americans regularly use firearms to "nip crime in the bud" has nothing to do with The American Dream.
It is The American Nightmare.
A great deal of modern American "culture" is devoted to sowing, propagating and prolonging stupid self-terrorization - all because the uneducated believe that rare anecdotes establish durable "Rules" while statistically-demostrable truth is what "them damn intellectuals do" to make money selling books and to bring about socialist world government.
A great deal of modern American "culture" is devoted to sowing, propagating and prolonging stupid self-terrorization - all because the uneducated believe that rare anecdotes establish durable "Rules" while statistically-demostrable truth is what "them damn intellectuals do" to make money selling books and to bring about socialist world government.
Go to Google Images, turn off "Safe Search" and type in the key words "teenage suicide by firearm."
There are thousands of these horrifying deaths, and they take place in American homes very much like yours.
For every heroic "firearm intervention" that prevents a crime being committed, dozens of American teenagers blew their heads off.
There are thousands of these horrifying deaths, and they take place in American homes very much like yours.
For every heroic "firearm intervention" that prevents a crime being committed, dozens of American teenagers blew their heads off.
Handguns At Home And The Scourge Of Suicide Among Young People
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There are over 40% more firearm suicides than firearm homicides in the United States. In the United States, only motor vehicle crashes and cancer claim more lives among children 5–14 years old than do firearms.
For young Americans, 15-24, suicide (60% by firearm) is the third leading cause of death
Mom Killed By 2 Year Old Child Described As "Responsible." NOT!
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One Heartbroken Mother's Plea To Other Parents: Ask If There's A Gun In The House
One Heartbroken Mother's Plea To Other Parents: Ask If There's A Gun In The House
The Number Of People Who Use Guns In Self-Defense Is Negligible
The Number Of People Who Use Guns In Self-Defense Is Negligible
GunFail: A Continually Updated File Of U.S. Firearm Calamities By David Waldman
80% Of All Firearm Deaths In 23 Industrialized Countries Occurred In The U.S.
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"Gun Cartoons and Gun Violence Bibliography"
“Toy Guns Outlawed At Republican Presidential Convention. Real Guns Allowed”
Australian Comedian Nails 2nd Amendment Evangelists
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Firearm injury and death charts for the U.S. (and the world) are available at the following University of Pennsylvania
Suicide in the Home in Relation to Gun OwnershipArthur L. Kellermann, MD, MPH; Frederick P. Rivara, MD, MPH; et al, The New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 327, No. 7, August 13, 1992, pp. 467-472. Key Statistic: The presence of one or more guns in the home increases the risk of suicide in the home nearly five times. http://www.vpc.org/studies/whersuic
What Second Amendment Evangelists Fail To Understand About Their Opposition
What Second Amendment Evangelists Fail To Understand About Their Opposition
"The Only Thing That Stops A Bad Guy With A Gun Is A Good Guy With A Gun"
"The Only Thing That Stops A Bad Guy With A Gun Is A Good Guy With A Gun"
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