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Old 01-12-2011, 02:27 PM  
Ron Bennett
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Originally Posted by Slutboat View Post
See there is this little thing called statistics, also a nagging little thing called FACT. You must know that during a home invasion robbery you are FAR FAR more likely to be killed by your own gun, or shot in response to you reaching for a gun, or killed AFTER you have shot the intruder, this is not my opinion, this is hard cold FACT.
Firstly, whenever I see a statement claiming X, Y, or Z to be true on the basis it's a "fact" with little to no other detail, I'm immediately skeptical.

While it's easy to find numerous examples of people being shot despite having a gun, it's very difficult, if not impossible, to quantify the number of people who had a gun and scared the intruder away.

Furthermore, the mere perception of a person possibly being armed dissuades many would-be intruders from even trying.

Ron
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