Posted: 11/26/2002 8:30:38 PM EDT
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[url]goodsforguns.org[/url] CRC |
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Take a close look at the picture down the page. I see an old black powder pistol, a Luger or a Nambu, a lever gun, at least three bolt guns, and a large bore cowboy gun. Yes, criminals use antique pistols, blackpowder pistol, and a revolver that kicks like an Atlas rocket. Bastards. All of them. |
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These police-style weapons, a pump-action shotgun with cartridge belt, and a .9 mm semi-automatic handgun, were turned in by a woman who claimed she was forced to buy them for her abusive boyfriend, who is now serving time in prison for severly beating her. I am sure she is serving time along with him for performing a straw purchase. A gun in the home is 22 times more likely to kill a family member or friend than it is to kill an intruder.* "Well, the "43 times more likely" isn't true, so why don't we just lower the number to, say, 22 - yeah that'll work." Idiots. And let me add: From: [url]http://goodsforguns.org/gunshome/index.html[/url] Fifty-seven percent of handguns are stored unlocked, and 55% are kept loaded. So. Count me in. Twenty percent of all gun owners said they keep their guns unlocked and loaded, while 30% of handgun owners keep their guns unlocked and loaded. Again, so. Count me with the 30% Although many gun owners keep a gun in the home for protection, studies show that risks of keeping a gun in the home out-weigh benefits. For instance, a gun in the home is actually used for self-protection in fewer than 2% of home invasion crimes. Kellerman has been debunked over and over again. False. Guns kept in homes are 22 times more likely to be involved in unintentional shootings, criminal assaults, homicides and suicide attempts than to be involved in injuring or killing in self defense. See above. The risk of suicide of a family member is increased by nearly five times in homes with guns. See above. Gun ownership does not increase the rate of suicide. Gun ownership increases the rates of *gun* suicide. Having one or more guns in the home makes a woman 7.2 times more likely to be the victim of a domestic homicide. Correlation does not equal causation. Again, I submit to you, idiots. |