jonesthecurl wrote:You aren't necessarily going to be killed with your own gun, but the percentage of gun-owners who are shot dead is three times higher than those who are not gun-owners. The study I saw (and admittedly it was a while ago, and I don't have access to it), specifically stated that it had not considered such questions as whether the gun-owner was a criminal, or bought a gun because they were in a high-crime area - and that therefore those might well be factors. Nevertheless, the statistic seemed remarkable enough to merit attention. It would be interesting to know if the study was repeated, with these broader questions taken into account.
No... don’t pay attention to statistics!
It’s flawed, ignore it, it is obviously fake news!
... in other words pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
See what. you’re saying requires a little nuance to understand.
You’re not saying “this one study said this, so let’s ban all guns”... you are saying “this study found some interesting data... let’s look at this more”.
The problem is Nomad will only hear the first part... and the Gun Lobby works with Congress to prevent Federal dollars from studying gun violence.
So... we’ll keep our collective heads in the sand.
