The second amendment of the constitution guarantees the right to keep and bear arms. As the specter of gun violence continues in our workplaces, roads and schools, the question keeps arising: do guns keep you safe, or just increase the level of violence?
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Guns Used More Often to Save Life Than to Take Life
- From Gun Owners of America
By Gun Owners of America - A No-Compromise Gun Rights Organization
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Misleading at best.
This expert mentions the '97 study "Guns in America", but would rather you don't read it. GOA should certainly not be suggesting that Philip Cook and Jens Ludwig agree with the 4,000 times a day claim. Here is the link: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/pubs-sum/165476.htm
It is worth reading if you are interested in this issue. If you are impatient here is a relevant paragraph from the conclusions. DGU is Defensive Gun Use.
The NSPOF does not provide much evidence on whether
consumers who buy guns for protection against crime
get their money's worth. The NSPOF-based estimate
of millions of DGUs each year greatly exaggerates
the true number, as do other estimates based on
similar surveys. Much debated is whether the
widespread ownership of firearms deters crime or
makes it more deadly--or perhaps both--but the DGU
estimates are not informative in this regard.
- Adam Hammond
September 4, 2008 5:34PM
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I would agree
My wife and I were sitting at home watching tv one evening when we noticed something moving outside of our living room window. As we continued to sit there, we noticed that there were two men looking in our living room window. They looked in and then moved away. It was not long until they were back. This time they stayed watching for a longer time. I picked up the phone, dialed 911. The operator told me that it would be 15 to 20 minutes before an officer could get to our home. Not knowing what was to come, I went to the bedroom and got the shotgun. When they came back the third time, I leveled the shotgun at the window. I did not fire. However, they did leave and did not come back. Later that night, they broke in and raped a women a couple doors down from us. Do I believe in guns saving lives? Yes, I do.
- UltraConservative September 4, 2008 8:39PM
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Let me see if I get this right
The victims were not murdered with their own guns but with the guns of the intruders and the poster surmises that the victims are better off having a gun to defend themselves? Since they DID have guns and they are STILL DEAD, I'd have to believe that the victims would have been better off if there were laws that kept the guns out of the hands of intruders. Hello?
"In other words, virtually all the victims were NOT murdered with their own guns! They were killed “by intruders who brought their own guns to the victim’s household.”
" Alas, the victims would have been better off having a gun to protect themselves. "
- hotmama4obama
September 28, 2008 10:21AM
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Define the law that would keep guns out of the hands of intruders[criminals]!!!!
- Nightowl22
December 12, 2008 7:21PM
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Wow you didn't get high marks in reading comprehension.
The article clearly states the high number of lives saved by guns . Yes it is unfortunate that having a gun does not guarentee you will survive but it definately improves your chances.
And there are laws that attempt to keep the guns away from criminals but that is what makes them a crimianl now isn't it?
- jaker277
June 29, 2009 11:38AM
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Simple Fact
I really can't understand how so many can be so mislead. Simple fact tells us that when you remoive guns from society violent crime increases and when guns are allowed violent crime decreases. If you need more information than that I feel sorry for you.
- oneoldman
July 24, 2009 12:13PM
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