"For each instance of successful self-defense or justifiable homicide using a gun, there were twenty-two cases of assault or criminal homicide, unintentional homicide, suicide and attempted suicide using a gun."
- Arthur L Kellerman, et al., 'Injuries and Deaths Due to Firearms in the Home', in the Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection and Critical Care, 45:2 (1998).
This is not counting the non-lethal but serious injuries from gunshots. Many more people injure themselves while playing with guns.
Too many Americans watch all those old white power Western movies. Now, in 2020, most of us live in urban and suburban neighborhoods, not the West of the 19th century. Improved gun control and safety measures are more sensible in our day.
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