El Oso said:
Waco1947 said:
cowboycwr said:
Waco1947 said:
609 deaths or wounded.
Gun safety begins with spreading the truthful information: people who bring guns into their homes are endangering themselves and their loved ones. David Frum
Here you go again. Spreading lies.
You have been told numerous times by several posters that this quote is a lie, not truthful, and had no evidence to support it.
. What part is a lie?
Safety is compromised
Guns in the home
Endangerment to friends and family
Which is the lie? I'm all ears
Let's assume there is a gun in my home. Let's further assume that it is loaded. Let's further assume that it is kept in a safe to which only my wife and I know the code and only my wife and I have a key should the punch pad not work. Let's further assume that my wife and I lve the children and have no intention of shooting them with said gun.
Exactly how are any children in the home in danger?
Which home has a higher chance of accidental firearm shooting, the home you describe, or a home with no firearms in it? It may be an incredibly low percentage, but there is still a chance the safe may be left opened on accident, or the key left in a place the child can get it, or forgetting to put the gun back in the safe, or many other low-probability events that put the chance of accidental firearm shooting higher than if there is no gun in the home. I concede the chances of these events is very low if the gun owner takes precautions, but we are all human and we all make mistakes.
Again, I am a 2nd amendment proponent and I have a gun in my home that I keep in a safe. But I also recognize that even if try to take every precaution necessary, the risk of a tragic event involving my gun to myself or a loved one is higher than if I didn't have a gun, even if that chance is extremely low. To me, the security of having the gun is worth that risk, especially where I live, but to ignore that additional risk is just ignorant of the facts.