Every day I watch the news, I hear reports of a robbery, home invasion, or murder somewhere.
It seems almost mind blowing that every day I awaken someone did not make it because of gun violence. Through my reading and research I have found some interesting stats.
- There are 3 handguns produced every minute.
- 4 people are killed by a firearm every hour.
- There are approximately 200 million firearms in the U.S.
- There are approximately 65 million handguns in the U.S.
Interestingly enough though,…
- There are 700,000 physicians in the U.S.
- There are 80,000,000 gun owners in the U.S.
- There are 120,000 accidental deaths caused by physicians per year.
- There are 1500 accidental gun deaths each year.
- Accidental physicians’ deaths are 17.1% of the physicians’ base.
- Accidental gun deaths are .00188% of the gun owners’ base.
Meaning: You have a greater chance of being killed by your doctor than a gun. (However, these were only accidental deaths)
So what do you think? Does your home need a gun for safety or does it increase your chance of harm?
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I guess the “guns are bad” option was my neither. If you have a firearm and get no training on its proper usage, you are setting yourself up for epic fail. Recoil is funny until someone gets hurt.
The only place that a gun in the home makes one safer is in Switzerland and other countries where gun ownership is mandatory. Invading someone’s home there increases your chances of death severely because not only do they have guns, but so do their neighbors. In the US, guns don’t necessarily make one’s own home safer due to the fact that unless you carry your gun loaded on your person at any and all times, if a person bursts into your house with a gun ready to shoot, the fact your gun is in your bedroom has added absolutely nothing to your safety. ;-) If you don’t survive the encounter, which you won’t if you’re relying on pistol in the other room, after they’re done with you they’ll go over to the neighbor’s place without a gun.
Guns in the home make people feel more secure. Having time to go get the gun only happens when 1) you’re dealing with rookie criminals that alert you to their presence before invading your home 2) you are NOWHERE near the entrances to your home and once you know they’re in, you have time to go get it. If you’re really Mr. Paranoid with your gun loaded and on your person at all times while you’re doing the dishes/taking a shower, then your home really is safer because Psycho will have a nice surprise when he or she pulls back the shower curtain. Thats also infinitely more funny than gouging someone’s eyes out but …
Guns do not make a home safer, a well trained gun operator with a gun makes his own house safer. If a gun owner has children in the house and his guns are not secured he probably breaking numerous laws and people who kill themselves or others will do so with or without the gun in the house.
Most home invasions happen either late at night (when I would be close to my guns) or either during mid day (when no one is home). No one invades homes at 5:30pm, way too much going on in the neighborhood.
Then call me Mr Paranoid…err Prepared. I was hanging Xmas lights with my gun on my side. When I watch TV, it is no more than 3 feet from me. As I sit here and type this in my bedroom about to leave for work, my gun is strapped to my hip and another sits 2 feet from me on my nightstand.
It doesn’t make the home safer but it looks cool on TV.
I keep a gun in my house. Normally in the kitchen and/or bedroom. Safety in my opinion is all in the user. If you own a weapon and bought it just to say you have one, then you are more dangerous than the criminals looking to invade your property. A skillfully trained warrior like myself will probably cease your life at attempted entry and drag you in before the cops arrive.
But I do believe that if you feel the need to carry or keep your weapon 1.2 feet away at all times, then you know you just live in the wrong neighborhood and are possibly a product of your environment…..
….or you just have a roach problem.
What samurai gun training did you take?
Derrick, I never pictured you as a gun person…maybe you’re not so bad.
The problem is that crime doesn’t know what boundaries to stay with in. Meaning, it does not just stay in the “bad” parts of town.
Spoken like a person who has never truly lived in the “bad” part of town.
Gun-chi
I have friends with ARs, AKs, and rocket launchers. I’m not that extreme. If I wanted all that, I’d go to Iraq. I like what I like. Few handguns, couple rifles and shotguns.
True, it doesn’t stay in the “bad” parts of town, but your chances at safety are greatly increased in the “good” neighborhood. Hence, the million dollar neighborhood and patrol cops for security vs the HUD neighborhood with patrol cops making quota.
Dude, I lived 500 feet from one of the shittiest parts of Macon for 5 years. During that time I saw 5 people get shot and been in the area of several more. Ask Alex about his experiences with me in Macon some time.
Wasn’t Macon on the top murder list a few years ago?
lol @ you gun freaks.
Then again, I’ve always felt like an under performing gun nut but I guess thats only because the majority of my gun usage was for hunting animals, not people. I guess I’m just an amateur gun user.
*sigh*
And yeah, Macon is absolutely horrible.
Look at a CAP index when you get a chance. There is less red in areas where people make more green.
I’m sorry that you lived in Macon.
I’m so sorry.
http://www.13wmaz.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=72092&catid=7