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Your Odds of Needing to Use Your Handgun for Self-Protection

Your Odds of Needing to Use Your Handgun for Self-Protection “Many police officers reach the end of their careers without ever drawing—much less firing—a gun in the line of duty. The odds against your ever needing to use your gun … Continue reading

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The Greater the Number of Guns, the Greater the Number of Homicides

On Meet the Press this morning I listened to Wayne LaPierre, CEO of the National Rifle Association, basically claim that guns are not related to murder. First, he’s logically wrong. It takes a person AND a gun to commit a homicide … Continue reading

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More on Guns, Murders, Firearm Assualts and Inequality: By States

After downloading data from the OECD and The Gaurdian I produced the following graphs depicting the relationship between firearms murders, assaults and robberies with inequality by state. I. Firearms Murders and Inequality By State A direct relationship exists between firearms … Continue reading

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