Guns in the Home and the Myth of Self-Defense Guns are rarely useful for self-defense. They only increase the risk of death and injury and create a false sense of security. A gun kept in the home is 4 times more likely to be involved in an unintentional shooting, 7 times more likely to be used in a criminal assault or homicide, and 11 times more likely to be used to commit or attempt suicide, than to be used in self-defense. Arthur L. Kellermann, MD, MPH; et. al. “Injuries and Deaths Due to Firearms in the Home.” Journal of Trauma 1998 vol. 45 p.263. Even police officers, who are trained in handling weapons, are at risk of having their gun used against them. A study published in the American Journal of Public Health found that twenty percent of police officers shot and killed in the last 15 years were killed with their own firearms. Research also shows that the use of a firearm to resist a violent assault actually increases the victim’s risk of injury and death. The Second Amendment See Fact Sheet: The Second Amendment The Second Amendment does not grant an individual the right to unrestricted gun ownership. No gun control law brought before the Supreme Court or other federal court ever has been overturned on Second Amendment grounds, including several local statutes outlawing handguns. The Supreme Court decided in the 1939 case, U.S. v. Miller, 307 U.S. 174, that possession of a firearm is not protected by the Second Amendment unless it has “some reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia." The Supreme Court has stated that today’s militia is the National Guard. Lower federal courts consistently follow the Miller decision. In U.S. v. Toner, 728 F.2d 115, Here is the rest of it...I was looking up some statistics and found this... http://www.csgv.org/docUploads/Gun%2... Sheet.pdf
Really, is this 'fact" or just his opinion? I am under the impression that the Supreme Court has never ruled that the National Guard is the militia?
I am not really sure, it was just something that popped up while I was doing so research this morning. I will do some more digging I just love the leftist take on it, lol.
Well the stats are going to off a lot regardless even if looked at objectively, I mean if some one is breaking into the house and the homeowner pops up with a gun the burglar will generaly find an easier target and the home owner generaly isnt going to call the cops and test how far their right to protect themselves goes and if they get a cell for protecting their family, they go back to their life since its now safe.
