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Originally Posted by sapiens
Wow! That was snotty.
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Suggesting that accidental shootings are "hyperbole" without doing an iota of research is irresponsible.
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Originally Posted by sapiens
Are those accidental gunshot wounds caused by well-trained people as you suggested in your post? Also, how do these numbers compare to the number of times guns are actually fired?
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Are all of the 23,237 wounds caused by people who are trained? Probably not, but statistically some of them are. If you look at my wording:
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Originally Posted by Willravel, the mighty
Considering that even well trained people accidentally shoot themselves
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To clarify, I'm not claiming that it's some great number of well trained gun owners that shoot themselves, as that would be incorrect. I am simply suggesting that even when an individual is very well trained with a gun,
accidents can happen. If you have an accident with a car, there are safety precautions taken by the manufacturer that can help to save you and anyone else. If you have an accident with a gun, aside from a safety there's very little to protect whomever or whatever is staring down the barrel.
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Originally Posted by cadre
Protection and safety aren't necessarily the same thing. You carry a gun hoping to never have to use it or put anyone in harm's way. Thing is, CCWs are around to be a deterrent and prevent crime. The idea being, a criminal might think twice before committing a crime because that person could be packing. Does that work? No, not enough people carry, but that was the idea.
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Wouldn't it make more sense to not conceal the weapon, thus providing visual evidence to said criminal instead of simply giving them statistical odds that you have a gun?