Self-defense is a questionable argument for owning a gun

[RugersGR8]

OMG, David DeGrazia, along with Gersh Kuntzman, have to be the "Poster Children" of the year for lib dem psychobabble on guns and self-defense with guns. PLEASE READ THIS LARGE DOSE OF LIB DEM KOOL-AID/LAXATIVE AND TRY NOT TO:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-self-defense-20160915-story.html
Self-defense is a questionable argument for owning a gun
David DeGrazia
Updated September 15, 2016

..."Assuming the spirit of "self-defense in the home" includes defending not only oneself but other household members, this evidence-based generalization suggests that gun ownership, on average, is not an effective means to personal security; rather, it tends to be self-defeating."...

 

[GlockPride]

What detritus! The premise is completely misaligned.

 

[meatGrinder]

I need an Alka-Seltzer. That was hard to stomach.

 

[KOPBET]

that's like saying reproduction is a questionable reason for having a penis.

 

[ConstitutionCowboy]

If God didn't want me to own a gun, He'd have given me fangs, claws, a stinger, horns, the strength to weight ratio of an ant, the vision and wings of an eagle, the hearing of a rabbit, the sense of smell of a dog, the skin of a chameleon, and any of a myriad other attributes I don't now possess. Instead, He gave me a brain to devise whatever I need. A gun is such a device.

Woody

 

[RugersGR8]

Being a lib dem MSM "journalist/broadcaster/thespian/politician/Kool-Aider" is a questionable argument for expecting an intelligent human being who has logical and common sense reasoning abilities.

 

[Glocktogo]

That dude is ate up with the dumbass.

 

[RugersGR8]

 

[RugersGR8]

David DeGrazia needs to move to Missouri:
http://www.okshooters.com/threads/l...pass-constitutional-carry-in-missouri.232597/

 

[okeydoke]

I"ve pointed a gun at a man several times in my life and every time, the guy stopped what he was doing and fled. NO shots fired. Ask any cop and he'll tell you that's how it goes, over 80% of the time. About half of the time when just the sight of the gun doesn't impress them, misses suffice. :-)

All you have to do is check out the Armed Citizen NRA column, Jim Cirillo's gunfighting book, the FBI's UCR, and the DOJ's Annual crime survey. Most personal attacks are not committed with a gun. In the case of the 270+ armed robbery stakeout incidents of the NYPD unit, only 40 guys made the cops fire, and they were cornered, guaranteed to do at least 10 years in one of the worst prisons in the US. If you aint stupid, you'll let your attacker flee, cause if you shoot him, it will cost you at least 50k to stay out of prison (and not lose the civil suit). It could easily ruin your life and cost you half a million, too. Just ask Geo Z about that one!