Democratic congressional candidate quits because of NRA ‘A’ rating

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56. Something like 50,000 deaths are related to guns in households each year - suicide, homicide etc.

The easy accessibility to a weapon that your homeowner believes they need to protect themselves from a hypothetical intruder ensures that even MORE People die because they've left it out. Interestingly, most burglaries are committed by people we know. Locked doors and windows are the best protection against being burgled, not a gun.

Furthermore, NOT locking up your weapon makes it a fair target to get stolen.

I don't want restrict a single weapon. I advocate for them to be locked up or the homeowner faces prosecution for the damage their gun has wrought.

A very, very small number of people die in a home burglary (its something like 1000 people the last time I read the NCVS report). Most of those would have found better protection with locked doors and a dog. Is the easy accessibility to a gun a fair trade-off for 50k dead people every year?

Regardless this many dead people doesn't appear to "show" the NRA anything since clearly they don't give a shit. Are you concerned about Chicago's current murder spree or are you more worried about protecting your stuff?