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Glocks – Are We Really Safer When We Carry?
By admin | April 4, 2009
There are all sorts of statistics pointing to the idea people who carry guns or have guns in their homes often end up being shot by their own guns. Some because they end up shooting themselves due to poor or risky gun handling, and some because they are disarmed by an intruder and then shot with their own gun.
But there are several points we should point out when listening to the left-wingers wanting to take away our rights. First and arguably foremost is you can make statistics say just about anything you want them to, depending on how adept you are with your presentation.
You've seen it before and have probably massaged a few statistics yourself to get the desired affect. So anytime someone is trying to woo you to a particular point of view based entirely on some statistic or other, be cautious to say the least.
Mostly this has to do with safe gun handling. Anyone handling a weapon in an unsafe manner runs the risk of injury whether they're a professional or not.
But more importantly it's what is not in these statistics that are important. What about the crimes not occurring because the person is armed. When convicted felons were surveyed, at least some had at some time decided not to do a crime because the intended victim was carrying a gun.
There's no real way of measuring how many crimes were averted by this one circumstance. Which rather negates any statistics put out there about the percentage of people who accidentally injure themselves with their own gun as verses crimes halted by the owner with their gun.
Just a little tidbit thrown out as our new more liberal representatives get into stride. Once the economy is less of a focal point, there will be other issues to claim their interest.
Until next time,
S
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