Gun myths shot down
Date: 2/4/2013
For every instance in which a gun in the home was shot in self-defense, there were 7 criminal assaults or homicides, 4 accidental shootings, and 11 attempted or successful suicides.
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In domestic violence situations, the risk of homicide for women increased eightfold when the abuser had access to firearms, according to a study...Another 2003 study...found that females living with a gun in the home were 2.7 times more likely to be murdered than females with no gun at home.
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As for the children...guns in the home greatly increase the risk of youth suicides...
The idea that guns are essential to home defense and women’s safety is a myth. It should not be allowed to block the new gun controls that the country so obviously needs.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/opinion/sunday/dangerous-gun-myths.html?src=me&ref=general
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