12-19-2010, 01:12 PM
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Let slip the dogs of war.
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More scary statistics:
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The issue of "home defense" or protection against intruders or assailants may well be misrepresented.
- A study of 626 shootings in or around a residence in three U.S. cities revealed that, for every time a gun in the home was used in a self-defense or legally justifiable shooting, there were four unintentional shootings, seven criminal assaults or homicides, and 11 attempted or completed suicides
(Kellermann et al, 1998).
- In another study, regardless of storage practice, type of gun, or number of firearms in the home, having a gun in the home was associated with an increased risk of firearm homicide and suicide in the home (Dahlberg, Ikeda and Kresnow, 2004).
- Persons who own a gun and who engage in abuse of intimate partners such as a spouse are more likely to use a gun to threaten their intimate partner. (Rothman et al, 2005).
- Individuals in possession of a gun at the time of an assault are 4.46 times more likely to be shot in the assault than persons not in possession (Branas et al, 2009).
It would appear that, rather than beign used for defense, most of these weapons inflict injuries on the owners and their families.
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