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In 2020 in the US, more than 5,100 children younger than 18 were killed or injured in gun incidents, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
People say they get guns to protect themselves and their families, and therefore they MUST have a gun and CAN'T secure it because they need it ready to access, but they really are only putting themselves and their families at risk.
If you want to protect yourself, don't get a gun. If you really do have a reason for it, keep it locked up, with the ammunition locked up separately.
If you're sure that you need a gun to protect yourself from violence - well, firstly, you probably don't, not in the US, but if you did the best way to protect yourself from gun violence is to advocate for better gun control.
This death, like all those deaths, is framed as a tragedy, but really? It's a statistic. Tragedies are rare, isolated incidents, not wholly predictable and common events.
Protect your family by not getting a gun.
In 2020 in the US, more than 5,100 children younger than 18 were killed or injured in gun incidents, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
People say they get guns to protect themselves and their families, and therefore they MUST have a gun and CAN'T secure it because they need it ready to access, but they really are only putting themselves and their families at risk.
If you want to protect yourself, don't get a gun. If you really do have a reason for it, keep it locked up, with the ammunition locked up separately.
If you're sure that you need a gun to protect yourself from violence - well, firstly, you probably don't, not in the US, but if you did the best way to protect yourself from gun violence is to advocate for better gun control.
This death, like all those deaths, is framed as a tragedy, but really? It's a statistic. Tragedies are rare, isolated incidents, not wholly predictable and common events.
Protect your family by not getting a gun.
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Date: 2021-12-30 05:15 am (UTC)I am VERY glad that the home invader had a cricket bat, and not a gun.
My partner's flatmate hit the home invader in the head with a skateboard in self defence.
I am VERY glad that my partner's flatmate had a skateboard, and not a gun.
Guns are an excellent way to get people killed, including curious children, innocent bystanders, and neighbours who share a wall with you [because walls don't always stop bullets...]
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Date: 2021-12-30 08:16 am (UTC)I was also reminded of the skateboard as weapon of protection incident, and was going to mention it until I saw you had.