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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoScary feelings. Guns are overwhelmingly not used in justifiable homicides (homicides performed in self-defense). Guns for self defense is a fantasy. https://www.statista.com/statistics/251894/number-of-justifiable-homicides-in-the-us/
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 months agoBut a fantasy that most of the pro-gun community just can’t resist. The reality is likely even worse than those figures show since permissive gun laws arm criminals in the first place, making that justification more common.
Scary feelings.
Guns are overwhelmingly not used in justifiable homicides (homicides performed in self-defense).
Guns for self defense is a fantasy.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/251894/number-of-justifiable-homicides-in-the-us/
But a fantasy that most of the pro-gun community just can’t resist. The reality is likely even worse than those figures show since permissive gun laws arm criminals in the first place, making that justification more common.