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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
So if you hear gunshots down the street and see 2 or 3 people chasing and shooting at a lone individual, you'd leave your target rifle locked in its place and dial 911??
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Yeah, that's what the cops are there for.
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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
Or, I know this probably wouldn't happen in canada, but go with it, say a mob is attacking some gay couples home breaking windows and as you look out the door, they grab one of the guys from his doorway and start kicking the crap out of him?
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That won't happen in Canada, and yes, call teh cops.
The fact of the matter is that more people get shot by guns accidently in the USA than ever get shot by bad guys.
Did You Know?
Every hour in America, four people are killed by firearms. (Centers for Disease Control)
A gun in your home makes it three times more likely that you or someone you care about will be murdered by a family member or intimate partner (Kellerman,New England Journal of Medicine v329, n.15 1993)
Gun violence is the second-leading cause of injury-related fatalities in the US after car accidents. In Alaska, Maryland and Nevada as well as D.C., firearm death rates in 1998 exceeded those for car accidents. (CDC & Natnl. Vital Statistics Report, 1999)
One million Americans have died in firearm homicides, suicides, and unintentional shootings since 1962. (Fatal Firearm Injuries in the United States 1962-1994. Violence Surveillance Summary Series, No. 3, 1997; Deaths: Final Data for 1995- 1997, National Vital Statistics Report)
Link:
http://www.kqed.org/w/baywindow/guns/stats.html