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Gun Control & RKBA

yagotme

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5. Well, if you look at raw numbers,

Reply to PortTack (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 27, 2022, 02:23 PM

Jul 2022

most gun deaths are suicides, so, therefore, a gun in the home of a person that is suicidal will result in more gun deaths, as a firearm is an easy method for suicide,

"“We found zero evidence of any kind of protective effects” from living in a home with a handgun, said David Studdert, a Stanford University researcher who was the lead author of the Annals of Internal Medicine study."

Really? All I have to do is find 1 case to refute this researcher, right?

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/80-year-old-shoots-kills-intruder/1875430/

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Recent misinformation that Defensive Gun Use is ineffective for armed victims [View all] PTWB Jul 2022 OP

Please read this. AndyS Jul 2022 #1

Sorry..not buying it. Here's just one of a WHOLE page of searches PortTack Jul 2022 #2

re: "people who live with handgun owners... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2022 #4

Well, if you look at raw numbers, yagotme Jul 2022 #5

I went to the home page of one of your studies. AndyS Jul 2022 #3