Originally Posted by Jim_Gunn

These type of often quoted anti-gun rights aggregate statistics- even in the rare instances when they are true- are often irrelevant to an individual gun owner. For example, gun control people are quick to tell you that guns are often used in the home by family members in domestic disputes and that you are more likely to be shot with a gun by someone who lives in your own house than by a stranger or that your children are at risk for getting access to your gun and killing themselves or a sibling. But so what? I live by myself, scare mongering statistics like that don't apply to me and the loaded gun I keep within arms reach.