Smith & Wesson sued the state of New Jersey for having an "anti-Second Amendment Agenda"

[thomdunn]

@Mister44

yes there is a risk in gun ownership, but that can be greatly mitigated taking proper precautions. Looking at accidental death rates, it is very low considering how many people own firearms. There is also a risk in private pool ownership and owning ladders and stairs in your house, as way more people accidentally die from falls and drownings (and poisonings).

Simply put, the presence of a gun in the home significantly INCREASES the likelihoods of both robbery, and domestic violence. There is no available evidence to suggest that the presence of a gun mitigates of any of these things. Adamant gun rights activists will insist that’s because there’s no data, because obviously the the things didn’t happen, therefore there is no data. But that’s nonsense; I could say that the absence of my farts have saved just as many lives, and you couldn’t un-prove the negative.

There are also far more demonstrable positive values to stair ownership and ladder ownership. Look at the data comparing frequency of use to injuries.

@Mister44

Malicious use of firearms isn’t a safety issue, it is a crime issue. In that case the ownership facilitated the death, but the reason for why it happened was most likely due to being involved in illicit activities, or domestic abuse. If one uses those stats to bolster your claim, then it make ownership even riskier.

It is demonstrably false to say that malicious use of firearms is a criminal issue. Most gun deaths are suicides. Most other shootings involve people who know each other. Random gun crime is truly random and mostly statistically irrelevant.