Terry Oxandale
Skinny Man
Scientific American had a recent article about guns. Summarizing the article with the best generalization I can:
1) Locations with the most guns have the greatest gun deaths.
2) Locations with the least guns have the least gun deaths.
3) That the author shot a gun for the first time in her life (during the research), and was surprised by the instant feeling that with this in my hand, I fear little.
4) Presence of a gun in a house results in a 6X increase of the risk of being shot by a family member versus being shot by an intruder.
5) That the gun lobby has pressured lawmakers to defund any gun-death research.
One focus of the article was a town in Georgia where the local law requires gun ownership by all residence.
Good read for anyone who wishes to argue for/against gun ownership/regulation/safety.
1) Locations with the most guns have the greatest gun deaths.
2) Locations with the least guns have the least gun deaths.
3) That the author shot a gun for the first time in her life (during the research), and was surprised by the instant feeling that with this in my hand, I fear little.
4) Presence of a gun in a house results in a 6X increase of the risk of being shot by a family member versus being shot by an intruder.
5) That the gun lobby has pressured lawmakers to defund any gun-death research.
One focus of the article was a town in Georgia where the local law requires gun ownership by all residence.
Good read for anyone who wishes to argue for/against gun ownership/regulation/safety.