I have been talking about guns a lot recently with my friends. On of them who is not very political in general, sent me this email.
Subject: Prospective purchase
This morning I kept hearing about a study about having a gun in the home and how it drastically increases the chances of being killed in a homicide, etc.
I can't find the study but I know it was from the CDC.
Older Studies:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9715182&dopt=Abstract
http://www.bradycampaign.org/facts/factsheets/?page=firefacts
Guns in the Home - A Greater Risk to Family and Friends
For every time a gun is used in a home in a legally-justifiable shooting [note that every self-defense is legally justifiable] there are 22 criminal, unintentional, and suicide-related shootings
The presence of a gun in the home triples the risk of homicide in the home
The presence of a gun in the home increases the risk of suicide fivefold.
http://www.guncite.com/gun_control_gcdgaga.html
He just cited the brady campaing to me. Well I have not have time to respond, but I am going to do some research on each of links, send him the correct numbers, read to him the bill of rights, and then take him gun shopping.
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I was going going to tell him that exact same thing. :)
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