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Originally Posted by debaser
So if there were no guns in the home, there would be no (or much less)familial murder? Why didn't you say so?
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OK...I'll say it....there would be fewer murders of family members.
Consider this statistic from the FBI Uniform Crime Reports as well:
(in 2005) Law enforcement reported 533 justifiable homicides. Of those, law enforcement officers justifiably killed 341 individuals, and private citizens justifiably killed 192 individuals.
Thats 1,825 homicides (mostly by firearm) of family members and 192 justifiable homicides by private citizens in 2005 (a representative year?).
In the most basic terms, it is 10 times more likely a private citizen will kill a family member than someone (perhaps a family member but more likely a stranger) that posed a threat requiring a deadly response.
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Originally Posted by debaser
So why don't you guys get tough on the dirtbags who are hurting and killing people, and leave the rest of us alone.
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I'm not out to get you and I'm not opposed to law abiding citizens having guns...I am just pointing out the facts that it causes many tragic unnecessary deaths and is rarely used to its maximum extent in a legal manner against criminals.
I also agree we need tougher mandatory sentencing, but not necessarily life in all situations where a gun is present in the commission of a crime.