Comment on I've never been in a situation where me having a gun would have made things bettter.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 days agoI’ve never set my house on fire, but I still feel better having a
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The most likely person to shot you is yourself.
The second most likely person to shot you is a housemate.
The third most likely person to shot you is a loved one.
SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 3 days ago
Look up the stats on defensive gun uses. Just Google it.
The vast majority (90+%) end with no shots fired- the criminal sees the gun and runs away.
If someone threatens me and my family I want a better option than ‘hope the violent criminal decides to let us live’.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Because it’s regularly over reported.
People call the police and claim they saw/heard a thing, then grabbed a gun. Police arrive to investigate and it is - predictably - nothing. Resident self-reports that they must have scared the ephemeral assailant of. Cops dutifully write it up without further investigation.
Gun-as-security-blanket is registered as successful defensive use.