Title: 12 Reasons Why You Should Own A Gun (And 10 Why You Shouldn't) - Community | The NewsTalkers
Headings: 12 Reasons why you should own a gun (and 10 why you shouldn't)
12 Reasons why you should own a gun (and 10 why you shouldn't)
12 Reasons Why You Should Own a Gun
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Content: Because You Are More Likely to Die By Falling. There were 613 fatal firearms accidents in 2007, one-half of one percent of all fatal accidents. Youre more likely to die by driving, poisoning, drowning or falling than by a gun accident. Because Guns Stop Burglars. Last year, the CDC estimated that Americans used guns about 498,000 times to frighten away intruders attempting to break into homes. Because Gun Bans Increase Murder Rates. After D.C. banned handguns in 1984, the average murder rate jumped 73 percent while the U.S. murder rate fell 11 percent. Because Guns Dont Cause Murder. A New York Times study of 1,662 murders in the city found that 90 percent of the killers had criminal records. Murderers are not ordinary, law abiding adults.