i've just read fable 1: a house with a gun makes the home less safe.
The logic is flawless, as expected. I don't know about the Kellerman study but it is biased, or at least incomplete. On the other side:
- Even then, the NRA has still to prove that "a house with a gun doesn't makes the home less safe". The statement from "award-winning" Gary Cleck is not enough to prove it. The 2.5 million times a firearm is used for protection in a house does not account for the number of kills/wounded during these crimes (criminal and victims alike).
Most of all, it does not account for the number of armed victims deaths vs unarmed (and still) victims deaths during similar events.
- the kellerman study is not the only one on the subject. Refuting one paper is not enough to refute a documented fact.
You're right about the tone in this post. I was a bit disappointed by the last few political threads. I guess it's because it is not supposed to be a debate on guns, so people restrain themselves (including me). [img]smile.gif[/img]