U.S. Voters Agree on One Thing: They'd Feel Better Owning a Gun

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8. "The statistics on shootings speak for themselves" They do -but they don't say what you claimed.

A quick Googling gives a combined population of the study areas of =/- 1,395,000 people

(Memphis ca. 650K, Seattle ca. 745K, Galveston ca. 50K)

Say 20% of those own guns, which would mean 279,000 people (likely a lowball for Memphis and Galveston- Southrons
really like their guns)

The study states that "...626 shootings occurred in or around a residence..."

Subtracting the "Thirteen shootings were legally justifiable or an act of self-defense"
gives us a figure of 613

613 into 279,000 means that slighly less than 1/4 of 1% (or 1 out of 455) of gun owners were responsible for the events
you'd have us be 'concerned' about.

I stand by what I said upthread.