Luddly Neddite
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- Sep 14, 2011
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Some figures I just heard on the news and jotted down -
We have about 11K gun homicides per year but only about 250 self-defense related gun homicides. IOW, only about 250 'bad guys with a gun are stopped by a good guy with a gun'.
Of the past 42 of the mass killers, 32 would have passed a background check.
As much as we need background checks, they're not a guarantee of anything.
How any crimes were prevented because an honest citizen had a gun?
No where near "85%", that's for damn sure. Not calling anyone a "liar" because this is the CDZ and that's against the rules here. Just saying that's outrageous and not true.
I was clear about the source of the figures I posted. I meant them to be a take off point, hopefully where an adult conversation could start. As I stated, I believe that we need background checks but they are not a guarantee of anything.
Neither is having a gun in the bedside table a guarantee of being able to stop a crime. Saying that 85% of gun hommicides are self defense is nonsense.