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In reply to the discussion: Racism and gun culture [View all]BainsBane
(53,142 posts)they find ways to use them. There are many other cases, like the one going to trial in that same country where the man killed the black teenager because he thought his music was too loud.
I draw no conclusions other than Mother Jones does, and their conclusions are identical to those in the studies.
That you wish the data said something different does not make it so. Statistically, gun owners, including CCW holders, are more likely to hurt themselves or a family member than anyone else. The problem with SYG is it legalizes willfully killing when other safe alternatives exist, as was the case with the man in Texas who killed burglars fleeing from his neighbor's house. The murder was recorded on a 911 call, but the guy got off since Texas values property more than human life. There are hundreds of cases of CCW holders killing someone. Just last weekend two got in a public shootout.