Doomsday Preppers

[GenuineRisk]

This woman fell right into the statistics- statistically speaking, a person is more likely to die in a homicide if they live in a house containing guns, and women are more likely to die in gun-related violence at home (as opposed to men, who are more likely to die in gun-related violence away from home). Women are also most likely to be killed by a spouse or close family member.

Gun(s) in house: check
Shot at home: check
Killed by family member: check

No studies to date have been able to show a reduced risk of break-ins or assaults due to gun ownership.

http://skeptikai.com/2012/07/30/does...ience-answers/

The Second Amendment is the Second Amendment, and I'm certainly not arguing rights. But statistically speaking a house becomes less safe when a gun is brought into it. That's the way it is. People have the right to make choices, and if they choose to make their home less safe and increase their own risk or their children's risk of dying by gunshot, that's their business. But it's sheer fallacy to think that gun ownership makes a person safer; it does just the opposite, and it's a shame that our media whips some people into such a frenzy of fear that they make choices that put them in actual danger, rather than perceived.

As my statistician brother says, everything in life comes with risk, and we make choices all the time that make us less safe because we have to balance risk with reward. That said, he also says people should take time to understand what the actual risks are, not what the perceived risks are, in order to make informed decisions.

This woman brought in several guns to make herself feel safer and she ended up a statistic.