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In reply to the discussion: I just noticed that amongst all the 'blame the parents' and 'arm the teacher' threads [View all]duhneece
(4,110 posts)From the Brady campaign website:
DID YOU KNOW? Keeping a gun in the home raises the risk of homicide.
States with the highest levels of gun ownership have 114 percent higher firearm homicide rates and 60 percent higher homicide rates than states with the lowest gun ownership (Miller, Hemenway, and Azrael, 2007, pp. 659, 660).
The risk of homicide is three times higher in homes with firearms (Kellermann, 1993, p. 1084).
Higher gun ownership puts both men and women at a higher risk for homicide, particularly gun homicide (Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard Injury Control Research Center, 2009).
DID YOU KNOW? Keeping a gun in the home raises the risk of suicide.
Keeping a firearm in the home increases the risk of suicide by a factor of 3 to 5 and increases the risk of suicide with a firearm by a factor of 17 (Kellermann, p. 467, p. Wiebe, p. 771).
http://www.bradycampaign.org/facts/gunviolence/gunsinthehome