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My name is Alec Jankowski and I go to the Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia. Even though I live in a pretty bad neighborhood, I don't think students should be allowed to own guns on campus, simply because I believe they cause more problems than they solve.
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  • Statistically your statement that guns cause more problems than they solve is incorrect. Depending on the specific study you look at, the estimated number of self defense uses of guns for self defense ranges between 2 & 2.5 Million instances of self defense uses each year in the US alone (98% of the time no shots are fired - simply aiming a gun at a criminal is usually enough to make them stop their attack). According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) Children killed by accidental discharge average around 75/yr (majority of which are accidentally killed by drunk or drugged up felons who are not even allowed to own a gun), and the number of gun related murders averages just a bit over 12,000/yr (once again normally performed by convicted felons not even allowed to own a gun). Even using the conservative number of 2 million self defense uses/yr vs both of the other numbers combined you'll find that a gun is more than 165 times more likely to be used to solve a problem (self defense) than it is to cause one (murder or accidental discharge). So no, guns do NOT cause more problems than they solve, your statement is not supported by any facts.
    dustinsgunblog
  • "A gun in the home is 4 times more likely to be involved in an unintentional shooting, 7 times more likely to be used to commit a criminal assault or homicide, and 11 times more likely to be used to attempt or commit suicide than to be used in self-defense."
    -A Kellerman, et al. Journal of Trauma, August 1998; Kellerman AL, Lee RK, Mercy JA, et al. "The Epidemiological Basis for the Prevention of Firearm Injuries." Annu.Rev Public Health. 1991; 12:17-40.)
    ajankowski1
  • ""A gun in the home is 4 times more likely to be involved in an unintentional shooting, 7 times more likely to be used to commit a criminal assault or homicide, and 11 times more likely to be used to attempt or commit suicide than to be used in self-defense."

    Yea hate to tell you but Kellerman has been debunked so many times that its even a joke that you mention that study to begin with. Even Kellerman himself admits it was extremely biased. Just type in Kellerman debunked on Google and you will find many reports of how flawed the study was whereas the National Academy of Science states, “Based on 253 journal articles, 99 books, 43 government publications, and some of its own empirical work, the panel couldn’t identify a single gun control regulation that reduced violent crime, suicide or accidents."

    Source: National Academy of Sciences/Prof. John Lott-"More Guns, Less Crime"
    Scott7891

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