[need_a_screen_name]

"“The New England Journal of Medicine found that a handgun in the home makes it 43 times more likely that a friend, family member, or acquaintance will be killed than an intruder.” –– SF Bay Guardian editorial"

I can't believe people still trot out this tired, worn out, discredited statistic!

The Fallacy of “43 to 1” The all-time favorite statistic of the gun-prohibition lobby.

[NorCalRepub]

yeah........by that logic, owning a car will do the same thing.........idiots

[R. Scott]

That link was a good read.

[neverdem]

Thanks for the link. I can't believe that The New England Journal of Medicine, one of the two primo medical journals in this country, published that article filled with so many poorly chosen and false comparisons.