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Gun Control & RKBA

PortTack

(35,640 posts)

2. Sorry..not buying it. Here's just one of a WHOLE page of searches

Reply to PTWB (Original post)

Wed Jul 20, 2022, 11:12 AM

Jul 2022

Most American gun owners say they own firearms to protect themselves and their loved ones, but a study published this week suggests people who live with handgun owners are shot to death at a higher rate than those who don’t have such weapons at home.

“We found zero evidence of any kind of protective effects” from living in a home with a handgun, said David Studdert, a Stanford University researcher who was the lead author of the Annals of Internal Medicine study.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/07/guns-handguns-safety-homicide-killing-study

And, as a retired ER/medical transport nurse for 25+ yrs my personal experience doesn’t see it either. In fact it’s the very reason I will never have gun in my house

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Recent misinformation that Defensive Gun Use is ineffective for armed victims [View all] PTWB Jul 2022 OP

Please read this. AndyS Jul 2022 #1

Sorry..not buying it. Here's just one of a WHOLE page of searches PortTack Jul 2022 #2

re: "people who live with handgun owners... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2022 #4

Well, if you look at raw numbers, yagotme Jul 2022 #5

I went to the home page of one of your studies. AndyS Jul 2022 #3