Man with gun gets robbed by man with a gun, leaving two unarmed people injured

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Guns Don’t Kill Americans, Stale Bad Arguments Do

The Good Guy With A Gun Myth People successfully defend themselves with a gun less than 1% in violent crimes: People carrying a gun are 4x more likely to be shot in a violent crime: People carrying firearms don’t stop mass shootings very often. Four times as many mass shootings are stopped by unarmed people as armed people:

Guns Don’t Kill Americans, Stale Bad Arguments Do

Thank you. “Moar gunz” isn’t really the answer. Related claim: “An armed society is a polite society” (Heinlein). Putting aside the implied strange desire to live in a society where the only way to be a considerate person is by constantly living in fear of someone shooting you, this doesn’t work out in real life. Rank these OECD countries on their reputation for politeness and then consider the degree of unfettered access their citizens have to firearms: Canada, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, t…