Vassago
Former Staff Turned AWF Retiree
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I have heard it said (and I totally believe it) that a gun in the home is far more likely to be involved in an accidental shooting than in legitimate self defense.
Hearing it said without facts is rather silly. There are millions of registered legal gun owners in the US. There aren't accidental shootings every day in my city, but there are shootings often. Most shootings have to be intentional.
That's not to say that a criminal could miss it's target and hit someone else on accident. That's not the same as what was quoted above though. That still counts as a criminal act, not really an accidental shooting.
In the end, the gun is still just a tool. I know it's been said again and again. Guns don't kill people, people do.
...or rather...