To: Sweet_Sunflower29
"My experience is handguns create a hazard in the home," he told the crowd, according to the Tribune. "My experience is that handguns are far more likely to be stolen, to be used or threatened to be used in domestic situations, or to be used or threatened to be used in suicides."
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So really thieves and suicidal individuals are the hazard, not "evil guns". As for the domestic situations, against thieves are responsible for creating the situation where a homeowner needs to brandish or use their weapon.
45 posted on
01/16/2004 5:39:05 AM PST by
cupcakes
To: cupcakes
"My experience is handguns create a hazard in the home," he told the crowd, according to the Tribune. "My experience is that handguns are far more likely to be stolen, to be used or threatened to be used in domestic situations, or to be used or threatened to be used in suicides."
This statment is not only pathetic, but a clear indication that the speaker not only suffers from and obvious lack of education and understanding on the subject, but has no problem broadcasting his stupidity to whomever will listen.
Fruthermore, I'd bet money that the speaker is simply citing the
Seriously flawed conclusions provided by the Kellerman Study, which has been proven to have been driven by ideology more than research.
51 posted on
01/16/2004 9:14:19 AM PST by
Sweet_Sunflower29
(I had emergency surgery last week; 32 staples and a 9" scar; I hurt. *Ouch*)
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