Do guns in the home make you safe or just make you feel safer? Here is one recent study on the matter that would suggest the later:
“Risks and Benefits of a Gun in the Home“, David Hemenway, American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, November/December 2011.
Abstract:
This article summarizes the scientific literature on the health risks and benefits of having a gun in the home for the gun owner and his/her family. For most contemporary Americans, scientific studies indicate that the health risk of a gun in the home is greater than the benefit.
- The evidence is overwhelming for the fact that a gun in the home is a risk factor for completed suicide and that gun accidents are most likely to occur in homes with guns.
- There is compelling evidence that a gun in the home is a risk factor for intimidation and for killing women in their homes.
-BCP
Hi Bob! There is no real need to have a gun where I live (Sydney) as so few people have them. The only guy-related crime we have is gang-related (gang vs. gang). Some day? I don’t know, but there is not a gun culture here. We are lucky.
Dumb @#$$ spell checker gun-related, not guy-related!
Hi SMK,
We are determinately out of balance when it comes to the gun to people ratio.
-B