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12. That includes property crime, the thing is that even...

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 04:58 PM

Jul 2016

If there are 60k or 40k uses of DGUs, does it balance out the risks of owning firearms, particularly handguns.

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There Have Been 8,124 Murders by Firearm in the U.S. vs. 29 (144 equiv.) in the U.K. [View all] marmar Jul 2016 OP

Its the sheer number of guns. maxsolomon Jul 2016 #1

Kick maxsolomon Jul 2016 #2

Too many Democrats who claim to be free thinkers support the 2nd Exilednight Jul 2016 #5

Even the link provided on the other post says no such thing... Humanist_Activist Jul 2016 #4

Page 9 cites the NVCS numbers of 338K over 5 years maxsolomon Jul 2016 #8

Why must sarisataka Jul 2016 #10

Because a large portion of them ARE illegal. maxsolomon Jul 2016 #11

What data do you have sarisataka Jul 2016 #13

That includes property crime, the thing is that even... Humanist_Activist Jul 2016 #12

Lol, and like 20 times more defended with no weapon! Nt Logical Jul 2016 #9

But can you accurately describe the features of each gun and the ammo used? struggle4progress Jul 2016 #6

If he had that information, oneshooter Jul 2016 #15