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In reply to the discussion: Florida Shooting: 7 Dead In Hialeah Apartment Shootout, Including Gunman [View all]caseymoz
(5,763 posts)29. No, I don't hear about home invaders getting killed often.
Not nearly as much as homes are invaded.
Insurance companies recently nixed plans to arm school staff. It's not because insurance companies are liberal lefties who want all guns confiscated, it's because their actuaries determined it makes schools less safe, not more. Very bad for business.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/08/us/schools-seeking-to-arm-employees-hit-hurdle-on-insurance.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
I admit that's slightly off-topic talking about schools, but my point is when dollars are on the line, the ideological distortion is suddenly corrected, and it's easy to see which statistics are valid.
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Florida Shooting: 7 Dead In Hialeah Apartment Shootout, Including Gunman [View all]
onehandle
Jul 2013
OP
"occasional story of a youth using a firearm to defend them selfs" ---Occasional? Why don't you try
wordpix
Jul 2013
#82
"occasional story of a youth using a firearm to defend them selfs"---very uninformed. Try
wordpix
Jul 2013
#83
Okay, cue NRA talking points about guns from Gundamentalists in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. . .
Nanjing to Seoul
Jul 2013
#4
if he killed black people, then SYG. If he killed white people, 1st degree murder
Nanjing to Seoul
Jul 2013
#16
You seem to be very confident that you will be able to pass draconian gun laws. ...
spin
Jul 2013
#47
If only it had been raining guns, this never would have happened. Gungeoneer logic. nt
valerief
Jul 2013
#44