>>>http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=gun-science-proves-arming-untrained-citizens-bad-idea
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>>>Of course, any kind of science or common sense will be rejected by the extremist right wingers.
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>>"Pistol owners' fantasy of blowing away home-invading bad guys or street toughs holding up liquor stores is a myth debunked by the data showing that a gun is 22 times more likely to be used in a criminal assault, an accidental death or injury, a suicide attempt or a homicide than it is for self-defense."
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>>Indeed...
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>And yet I've had multiple handguns in my house for over 20 years and no one has been accidently (or on purpose) injured or killed and no one has tried (or succeeded) in committing suicide.

C'mon, Dorris, you know about conditional probability. Both that statistic and your experience can be accurate. Depends what the odds are of a gun being used for self-defense in the first place.

Tamar