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Showing Original Post only (View all)Who kills women with guns? [View all]
Yes, this particular graphic focuses on gun crimes against women. More men are shot than women, so by all means, go find the stats for gun violence against men and post them.
The fact is, women are murdered by men they know, 65% of them by their partners. Only 10% of women killed with guns are killed by strangers, so the idea that a gun protects you from an anonymous stranger is a myth. It is far more likely to be used against you.
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i think there has been too much attention given to the "scary strange man in the streets"
JI7
Jun 2013
#5
You only laugh because you yourself wouldn't be subject to the invasion of privacy
NutmegYankee
Jun 2013
#49
Most people who own cars never kill anyone with them either. But we still register them and
Squinch
Jun 2013
#76
I expect some reasonable legislation to be forthcoming over the next few years.
Lizzie Poppet
Jun 2013
#37
She is at far greater risk of being killed because of having a gun in the house
BainsBane
Jun 2013
#36
You have already decided to believe that, no matter what studies are posted.
GreenStormCloud
Jun 2013
#75
Of course, the trick is not to hook up with violent men. My gun has saved me...
Honeycombe8
Jun 2013
#83
It's very clear that a gun in the home makes a woman far more vulnerable to murder
BainsBane
Jun 2013
#85
I don't think the evidence is clear at all. Whether a gun is used or not, it is clear
Honeycombe8
Jun 2013
#86
You apply the lessons personally, but they should not take them that way?
Threedifferentones
Jun 2013
#121
just complete your bigotry circle already and get to the racial spreads of violence in America...
galileoreloaded
Jun 2013
#138