Re: Ove Interest?

On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 14:48:31 -0500, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

On 2/16/2025 5:48 AM, John B. wrote:

 
well the gun in the house thing is certainly, correct.... as long as
someone in the house wants to shoot you :-)
 
But  I suspect that many people live in houses where the other partner
doesn't want to shoot his, hers, its,  partner.

>
What you posted, John, is blindingly obvious. But it avoids the point
that I've made, and that data has confirmed.

<LOL> Nonsense... 

A very large proportion of people with guns in the home say they have
the gun for "protection." That is, they believe they are less likely to
be subject to serious violence if they have a gun readily available.
>
The data is clear that their assumption is false. The people with guns
in the house are _more_ likely to suffer serious violence, and that's
true no matter where they live. The serious violence normally does not
come from outsiders. It comes from someone in their own house.
>
Beyond that, the gun isn't very likely to be useful against outside
aggressors, as your own personal story indicated.
>
I know you love guns, but what I've posted are the facts. You should be
able to love guns while understanding that their value is highly overrated.

"The data is clear that their assumption is false. The people with
guns in the house are _more_ likely to suffer serious violence, and
that's true no matter where they live."

Nonsense, there's no data that even hints at such a thing. The idea
that the reason someone might be "more likely to suffer serious
violence" because they have a gun in their home is ridiculous beyond
rational thought.

--
C'est bon
Soloman