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Originally Posted by MrMaxwell
I want what has been proven to protect good innocent people.
My views are based not on emotion but on logic and factual information.
If YOU have a point, feel free to make it..
This is the whole problem, as far as I see it, when I try and discuss this with someone who shares your views, they seem to disappear and/or ignore me.. just as they seem to be ignoring clear and simple facts..
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I am not disappearing and as far as I know you have no proof of anything. Whatever so called "proof" you can pull out I can find a lot more in my favor. There is no "proof" that guns in the hands of citizens help prevent crime. In fact, I am pretty sure that having a gun increases the possibility of being shot and killed.
http://www.newscientist.com
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Packing heat may backfire. People who carry guns are far likelier to get shot ? and killed ? than those who are unarmed, a study of shooting victims in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has found.
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http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=11186055
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Keeping a gun in your home raises your risks for suicide. For someone thinking about suicide, having a gun in the house makes it the easiest, most final method.
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Access to firearms in the home increases the risk of unintentional firearm-related death and injury among children. Unintentional shootings cause more than 20 percent of all firearm-related deaths among children ages 14 and under.
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Factual enough for you?