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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
If guns kept people safe the US would be the safest place in the world, it isn't, they don't.
The reality is a gun is a crappy self defense tool, it is a really good assualt tool it therefore lends itself to being used more effectively by thugs not homeowners, most times people are attacked they can't find their gun in time or they are to scared to use it effectively or just plain don't know what is happening until it is to late.
The thug, on the other hand, has the advantage, he is in charge with the gun drawn and loaded and in his hand.
The other reality is most murders are not commited by 'thugs' but by boyfriends or husbands shooting other family members or aquaintences, guns to nothing to stop this but do make these disgruntled pricks far more deadly.
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What a poor collection of assumptions...
-they can't find their gun?
-they are too scared to use it?
LOL......okay, these things might be the case in a small percentage of cases.
Why does a gun make for a crappy defense tool?
What would work better if an armed intruder entered your home?.....a bat? an alarm system? a pot of scolding hot water? your womans' oversized purse?
You really think an intruder has the advantage when entering a strangers home? The unfamiliarity of the property makes it more risky for the intruder, especially if the home owner is present and armed.
2.5 million gun defense/year according to the stats.........and I have to wonder how many brandishings go unreported? It's not like a car jacker/robber will report a brandishing considering they were trying to commit a crime.