07-08-2015, 12:26 PM
The point that many gun lovers try to sweep under the rug is the large number of accidental deaths related to gun ownership.
Guns don't really lower the crime rate but they greatly inflate the number of deaths due to accidents. Do the chances of preventing a crime outweigh the chances of someone dying in a gun accident?
But just to show how fair and balanced I am i will point out that a large number of "gun deaths" are suicides that would have probably occurred even if there was no gun.
Both sides try to twist the numbers to fit their argument. So you have to look very closely at exactly what they say. "Gun deaths" are not really accurate because they include suicides, and "gun crimes" do not include the number of accidental deaths that occur due to gun ownership.
Guns don't really lower the crime rate but they greatly inflate the number of deaths due to accidents. Do the chances of preventing a crime outweigh the chances of someone dying in a gun accident?
But just to show how fair and balanced I am i will point out that a large number of "gun deaths" are suicides that would have probably occurred even if there was no gun.
Both sides try to twist the numbers to fit their argument. So you have to look very closely at exactly what they say. "Gun deaths" are not really accurate because they include suicides, and "gun crimes" do not include the number of accidental deaths that occur due to gun ownership.
