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In Reply to: That is always the biggest risk. posted by Quadzilla on March 23, 2021 at 10:55:10:
Or even one. "Overall, Branas's study found that people who carried guns were 4.5 times as likely to be shot and 4.2 times as likely to get killed compared with unarmed citizens. When the team looked at shootings in which victims had a chance to defend themselves, their odds of getting shot were even higher."
Still, there are a whole lot of folks who are severely math challenged.
So let us stop talkin' falsely now, the hour's getting late --
Robert Allen Zimmerman
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Follow Ups
- RE: Here's a study on the risk of carrying a gun Quad - tweaker456 03/23/2112:31:08 03/23/21 (11)
- Aren't our soldiers armed? - srdavis2000 13:43:02 03/23/21 (3)
- RE: Aren't our soldiers armed? - tweaker456 16:44:06 03/23/21 (1)
- Not in the barracks, mess, or other social gathering areas. nt - tinear 17:15:45 03/23/21 (0)
- RE: and trained... - dean_martin 14:02:28 03/23/21 (0)
- All these macho, camo-wearing guys... just scared little men. - tinear 12:47:51 03/23/21 (1)
- You forgot to say 'powerless', like the guys who own pit bulls. - Quadzilla 13:19:16 03/23/21 (0)
- 'Math challenged', or they think they are mucho mas macho than the other guy. nt - Quadzilla 12:44:02 03/23/21 (0)
- Rarely one sees something this dumb nt - Victor Khomenko 12:37:11 03/23/21 (3)
- A handgun is to shoot people. You are fantasizing about that when you shoot a target. Imagine a guy - tinear 17:17:34 03/23/21 (0)
- You can look something up on the net to prove just about anything. - srdavis2000 13:38:12 03/23/21 (1)
- RE: You can look something up on the net to prove just about anything. - tweaker456 16:41:07 03/23/21 (0)