Terror attack in Charleston

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Originally Posted by Pseudosin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I always find it laughable when people try to justify owning guns to keep their family safe. Statistically a gun in your home is 95% more likely to harm you or your family than to be used in self defense against an attacker (source:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/9715182/).

"For every time a gun in the home was used in a self-defense or legally justifiable shooting, there were four unintentional shootings, seven criminal assaults or homicides, and 11 attempted or completed suicides. "

Some people probably aren't aware of the statistics. Some people probably have the "won't happen to me" kind of attitude. I fall into the second category. 60% of shooting deaths are a result of suicide. I'm not concerned with that number. If you eliminate the homicides and suicides from the article as 7X and 11X the amount of self defense, you're left with the 4X amount of unintentional shootings to worry about, which is addressable. Keeping a gun in a safe that I can access in <10 seconds is better than nothing, and mostly kid-proof.