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RI: Does owning a gun make you safer? Not according to the data
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In terms of deterrence, a recent study found that states with higher levels of household gun ownership have higher levels of firearm crime and do not have lower levels of other types of crime.
Another study, in 2003, found that counties with higher levels of household gun ownership have higher rates of household burglary, not lower. Burglars like to steal not only cash and jewelry but also guns. A homeowner with a collection of firearms may not want to advertise that fact.
As for thwarting crime, gun advocates claim that guns are commonly used in self-defense, and that without a firearm, one is essentially at the mercy of a criminal. Yet, again, that is not what the data show.
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laker1
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| Does owning a car make you safer from car accidents? Gun? Difference is a gun can save your life. |
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jac
(8/14/2015)
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| Makes me safer. It gives me a better than even chance in the even that someone decides to rob or attack me. |
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