Monday, August 12, 2013

Great Moments In Gun Control Analogies

Statement:




Well honestly, the odds of something bad happening are just so slim. You really don't need a firearm to protect yourself or your home.







Response:



Really? Then I guess you don't need a fire extinguisher in your kitchen.


Every year in the United States ~20,000 people are killed or injured as a result of fire in the home. Every fire department I'm aware of advocates that people keep an extinguisher in their home.

Every year in the United States ~790,000 people are killed or injured as a result of violent crime. When the odds of injury or death are so much greater why is there not a similar, if not greater effort to encourage people to protect themselves from violence as they do from fire?

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