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Liar. Firearms are used over a million times a year to stop crime.Good that it worked out fine this time. For every gun that is involved in the stopping or prevention of a crime, four are involved in accidental shootings.
Injuries and deaths due to firearms in the home. - PubMed - NCBI
RESULTS:
During the study interval (12 months in Memphis, 18 months in Seattle, and Galveston) 626 shootings occurred in or around a residence. This total included 54 unintentional shootings, 118 attempted or completed suicides, and 438 assaults/homicides. Thirteen shootings were legally justifiable or an act of self-defense, including three that involved law enforcement officers acting in the line of duty. For every time a gun in the home was used in a self-defense or legally justifiable shooting, there were four unintentional shootings, seven criminal assaults or homicides, and 11 attempted or completed suicides