Guns & Kids -- This Is Just WRONG!!!!!

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52. the presence of a gun makes it more likely that

someone -- who was "the good guy" up to that moment -- is going to harm or kill you.

How many guns in the home wind up being used when there is a domestic dispute. Husband kills wife or wife kills husband after some heated verbal exchange. Things get out of control. They are not thinking in their right mind when they get angry, enraged, etc.

And what about all the accidents -- we have statistics for that category too.

On whole, more guns mean more deaths, not fewer. I posted a study about this just a few days ago (and there are NUMEROUS studies that confirm the findings below):


http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3678300

Gun Violence Study Links State Levels Of Gun Ownership And Homicide

09/13/2013
By Braden Goyette

A new study of gun violence published by the American Journal of Public Health found that states with greater levels of gun ownership tend to have higher rates of gun-related murder.

The study, conducted by Boston University professor Michael Siegel and coauthors Craig S. Ross and Charles King III, examines this relationship in all 50 states from 1981 to 2010. The researchers found that "for each percentage point increase in gun ownership, the firearm homicide rate increased by 0.9 percent."

The authors note that, though they can't prove a causal relationship between higher levels of gun ownership and homicide, "states with higher rates of gun ownership had disproportionately large numbers of deaths from firearm-related homicides."

Their findings echo past studies about the relationship between gun ownership and homicide, though Siegel, Ross and King look at the relationship over a larger window of time than previous research.

According to a fact sheet from the Harvard School of Public Health:

Our review of the academic literature found that a broad array of evidence indicates that gun availability is a risk factor for homicide, both in the United States and across high-income countries. Case-control studies, ecological time-series and cross-sectional studies indicate that in homes, cities, states and regions in the US, where there are more guns, both men and women are at higher risk for homicide, particularly firearm homicide.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/13/gun-violence-study_n_3924063.html