Tag: the right to keep and bear arms

USA Today published an opinion piece saying you’re wrong if you think having a gun at home makes you safer. So let’s actually look at the argument. The article uses a real family tragedy to make a broader claim about gun ownership, suicide, defensive gun use, and home safety. But when you break down the numbers, the framing starts falling apart fast. They talk about gun deaths without clearly separating suicides, homicides, and accidents. They claim defensive gun use is rare, but the study they linked still found tens of thousands of defensive gun uses per year — and that’s [See More…]