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Old 06-08-2022, 02:11 PM   #2304
Edward64
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Originally Posted by GrantDawg View Post
Because that is where the vast majority of the guns used to commit crimes come from. It is more likely your legal gun is going to a) accidentally kill a member of your family, b) be stolen and used in a crime or c) be used by you in a crime, then it is ever going to be used in self defense.
I know of many people that have had guns stolen, and I know of several that have been accidentally killed by legal guns. I don't know anyone that has successfully used a gun in self defense.

I have been trying to find metrics on similar questions on gun deaths (not just crimes) and was not successful. Admittedly a central tenant to my beliefs is that law abiding citizens (and not mentally unstable) and their guns do not cause a lot of gun deaths compared to criminals and suicides (mentally unstable). Can you provide a link to a, b & c?

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