bripat9643
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If you own a gun, you or a member of your family is seven times more likely to die of gun violence. Why? Because a gun in the house is much more likely to be used by an angry spouse or depressed teenager to kill themselves or others, than it is to be used for self defense.
Nancy Lanza found this out when her son killed her and two dozen school children in Newtown.
Your claim is bogus. When they did those calculations, they simply looked at about 444 cases of shootings in the home. If the home had a gun, then they assumed that gun was used in the shootings. However, upon closer examination, it turns out a gun carried by an intruder did the shooting in all but 8 cases.
The claim is utterly bogus. It's typical of an statistic left-wingers use. It's a damn lie.