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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The fault in that logic is that a gun can be used for self-defense without resulting in a homicide. But the biased NYT (redundant) chooses to misinterpret the statistics.[/quote]

No...no...no...it ain't about biased and misinterpreted statistics.
A gun is for killing - period.  The argument of self-defense comes in after the fact when somebody is already friggin dead and if he's got a good attorney a guy can pretty much shoot a nun in the back of the head while she's walking down the produce aisle of the supermarket and get off on self-defense.  After the acquittal the case falls under the category of self-defense statistically but the reality is dude shot a nun in the back of the head while she was walking down the produce aisle of the supermarket.  F--- the statistics.    [/quote]

What are you prattling on about?

A gun can also be used as a deterrent. That's the part you're ignoring, and the NYT ignored. All your other words are just useless blather.[/quote]

Rather than being used for self-defense, guns in the home are 22 times more likely to be involved in accidental shootings, homicides, or suicide attempts.
For every one time a gun in the home was used in a self-defense or legally justifiable shooting, there were 4 unintentional shootings, 7 criminal assaults or homicides, and 11 attempted or completed suicides.
[i]U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Web-Based Injury Statistics Query & Reporting System (WISQARS) Injury Mortality Reports, 1999-2010[/i]

Useless blather?
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It's certainly worth considering the dangers that a gun inherently brings, and increased risk of suicide or accidental shooting are certainly among them. However, those statistics are not valid because they don't account for how much crime is prevented from the deterrence factor, nor do they count the next level of how many invasions were stopped when the thug was confronted with a gun. Look, I don't own any guns. However, I know that many people in my neighborhood do. Criminals are aware of this, to a significant degree. Knowing that, even in more rural, remote areas far away from police stations, many homeowners are armed is a significant deterrent to crime against home and property. You simply can't deny this.[/quote]

+1000

I will ask OP again:  stop lying.  I linked to research proving that guns are often used defensively in America.  Why are you denying the facts?[/quote]

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