[jda]

The costs of gun ownership unequivocally outweigh the benefits,

The problem is that they didn't consider the overall effects of gun ownership in their assessment of "unequivocal", including crime, and I'm not sure I believe their statistics on gun-related deaths (i.e., were they selective in their use of the stats?).

And, they didn't consider the fact that gun ownership is a Constitutional right.

[longtermmemmory]

that is the gist of the article. essentially “for the childrens, some civil rights must be eliminated by the government”

Note ALL their solutions are government dependent.

[jda]

were they selective in their use of the stats

For instance, the gun-related death of those in the progress of committing a crime is not a bad thing!

[papertyger]

I'm not sure I believe their statistics on gun-related deaths (i.e., were they selective in their use of the stats?).

I'm sure their statistics are spot on; the problem is they don't differentiate between people who were intentionally shot by a "reasonable man" and those shot for all other reasons.