First, your statistics are moot.
As I just said, a statistic is still a risk. A risk I will not take when it comes to family. You play it your way; I'll play it mine.
As I just said, a statistic is still a risk. A risk I will not take when it comes to family. You play it your way; I'll play it mine.
Of course. I just find the idea of guns making you safe so laughably absurd (and provably false). I'm sure they make you feel safer though. Maybe that's worth something.
Here's a good comedy skit about gun ownership (NSFW)
The error in your logic is that you're imagining yourself with a weapon, which indeed, is laughable and provably unsafe.
Edit: not going to bother replying and further make this thread a gun debate. Just want to state that YouTube videos of comedic skits and accidents doesn't nullify any argument. Humans will make mistakes; that's a fact of life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUonA66btgI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK_1yDAqsnM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvfbikv0gBc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WChMcDCMgGw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjCczTWqKx8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycTwaROa1I0
2mins of youtubing. These examples never end! But you, your wife, your kids. You'd never make these kinds of stupid mistakes.
edit: there must be thousands of these self proclaimed gun pros out there here's another beauty
https://youtu.be/v-i8dtulUYU?t=165
love the facial reaction.
edit 2: these videos literally never end on YouTube. Here are another 2
I agree. This is a fact of life. This combined with the utterly vanishingly tiny chance that you will be the victim of a serial killer make gun ownership for the purpose of safety absurd.
Own a gun all you want. But at least realize that you and your family are actually less safe because of it!
Not everyone who owns a gun has the proper discipline to learn how to use their weapon. I call those people statistics, and they set a bad example for the rest of us who respect our tools.
I'm not passing judgement at all. I'm saying that having a device that is designed to suddenly and explosively discharge a projectile is inherently unsafe. To back up my claim I posted numerous videos, many of highly trained people, who have experienced accidental/negligent discharge.
Accidents happen. Even to the most highly trained and careful. The issue with gun accidents is that they have an incredibly high risk of being fatal. Enjoy guns all you like. Just stop pretending that you are safer around them or that you are immune to mistakes. No human is.