The Violence Policy Center also said the 259 justifiable homicides should be balanced against the theft of about 232,000 guns each year -- about 172,000 of them during burglaries. That’s a ratio of one justifiable homicide for every 896 guns put into the hands of criminals, the Times reported"
Note how the propaganda dupes mindless minions like Ph3iron? They choose “justifiable
homicides”
only. I’ve filled this thread with hundreds of instances where a law abiding citizen prevented a crime by pulling out their firearm. They didn’t even have to fire, much less kill the perpetrator.
A rational person would prefer that outcome. Because law abiding citizens resort to deadly force so little, the study used that statistic to give the appearance that it’s not worth it. And dummies like Ph3iron fall for it!
I'm a mindless minion as opposed to our PhD patriot.
Merry Xmas to you too darlin
Can you post the hundreds of instances again (not from a nra site if poss)
I would have thought a rational person would prefer no one had a gun except law enforcement
But enough humor, I leave our brave patriot to fume in his bath chair and double wide, waiting for an intruder
I'm still waiting for his record on repelling invaders
Zero I suspect?
The LAST people I want to have a gun is law enforcement or the military, who are people paid by the corrupt politicians of the wealthy elite.
Historically the destruction of all democratic republics and the start of all dictatorships comes from the police or military.
Whether they start with good intentions or not, those getting paid tend to begin doing whatever those who sign their paycheck want them to do.
Instead, I believe in the general population of the democratic republic.
I see them as being the least violent, corrupt, suspect, and abusive.
When they do commit a crime, it usually is from some greater harm that they have no control over.
Like injustice, poverty, lack of opportunity of education, jobs, health care, etc.
If you want to reduce crime in the general population, you do NOT want gun control, but instead you want progrressive social reform that reduces the CAUSES of crime and misery.
Trying to just suppress crime while leaving the causes, is just pure evil.