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shortbuspoker
A) The article does not specify how many of the "victims" were carrying in a legal manner. Who is to say how many of them were killed by police while committing a crime or by a citizen who they were attempting to rob or kill?
B) Any study where Philly is the control group is automatically suspect.
C) The study is 5 years old and was compiled by data that was already 2 years old. A lot changes in 7 years time.
D) Most importantly, if I'm going to get shot I would hope that I get a shot or two off before I go down. I care only about me and my family not the self-righteous and self serving agendas of people attempting to undo rights that were given to us over 200 years ago.
You are right to question the basis of the study, that is a sign of intelligence. But to do so because it is from Philly? That is a sign of prejudice. The study was done at Penn, one of the top 10 universities in America. You also fail to articulate how "things have changed" in the last 7 years to make any statistical difference.
As a gun owner, I respect our Constitutional right to bear arms. You also have the right to have sex with your sister, be a member of the KKK, and drink your self to death on Jack Daniels. Just because you have a right doesn't always make it prudent to exercise it. Although there are probably people in Georgia who disagree with me on all counts.
The facts are the facts. If you carry a gun in public, you are more likely to get shot. Your John Wayne attitude of "wanting to get a shot off or two before you go down" might make you feel better, but statistically, it doesn't make you safer. I just hope you don't hit some innocent bystander before you go down. If you are trying to protect yourself in your home, that is another matter. Fell free to gun the intruder down.