Saw a guy today sitting by the kids play area at the mall

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19. Or dead

when someone takes his own gun away from him and kills him with it. Most of the macho gun nuts think they can just flash a gun and it's all the deterrent they need, they are way over confident in their fantasy that they are safer with a gun. Odds aren't in their favor.


https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2759797/

Objectives. We investigated the possible relationship between being shot in an assault and possession of a gun at the time.

Methods. We enrolled 677 case participants that had been shot in an assault and 684 population-based control participants within Philadelphia, PA, from 2003 to 2006. We adjusted odds ratios for confounding variables.

Results. After adjustment, individuals in possession of a gun were 4.46 (P < .05) times more likely to be shot in an assault than those not in possession. Among gun assaults where the victim had at least some chance to resist, this adjusted odds ratio increased to 5.45 (P < .05).

Conclusions. On average, guns did not protect those who possessed them from being shot in an assault. Although successful defensive gun uses occur each year, the probability of success may be low for civilian gun users in urban areas. Such users should reconsider their possession of guns or, at least, understand that regular possession necessitates careful safety countermeasures.