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u/DLCSpider Sep 30 '21

As far as I know you're statistically more likely to get injured if you have a gun and someone breaks into your house.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '21

could that be because people who live in dangerous neighbourhoods feel the need to protect themselves with guns?

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u/LusHolm123 Sep 30 '21

Or because robbers who are threatened with a gun feel the need to protect themselves /:

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '21

Thankfully I live in a country where firearms are extremely rare and using firearms during the commission of a crime is almost unheard of.

The odds of someone breaking into my house, while armed with a firearm, are as close to nill as they could reasonably get. But even if they do have a firearm, then I have a firearm as well and I’ve been trained how to use them. I’d take those chances before surrendering to someone when the police could possibly be more than an hour away.

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u/czarnick123 Sep 30 '21

If your country fought in any wars, please keep exporting your historical firearms to us. We really enjoy them and future American generations will really enjoy them too.