Well actually lol about 2% of gun deaths are unintentional shootings, which means 98% of gun deaths are not. If you don't have a gun around, you can't be shot unintentionally, unless you hang out with friends who play with guns.

"A gun kept in the home is 22 times more likely to be used in a homicide, suicide or unintentional shooting than to be used in self-defense."
- Kellerman AL, Lee RK, Mercy JA, et al. "The Epidemiological Basis for the Prevention of Firearm Injuries." Annu. Rev. Public Health. 1991; 12:17-40

Another striking thing is that suicides account for a sad majority of U.S. gun deaths each year. So you are more likely to kill yourself with a gun then someone else. Kinda defeats the purpose statistically of bearing the arms.
-Numbers obtained from CDC National Center for Health Statistics mortality report online, 2006.

Dan GreeneNovember 21, 2006 23:17:47

I apologize if I seemed rude, i just get that arguemtn a lot - from my girl friend...we agree on numerous things, but that's not one of them. I think partially because I was raised around guns, etc...and she wasn't - her parents are against them.

I've also been stressing with the last week to week and a half of classes this term, and...with packing to move.

So, right...don't want to tell my life story.

Peace~

That's ok I took it as a tease, and a stab at my manhood.

Just kidding.

Actually the facts speak for themselves, so what can you do.
I understand people being raised around guns and wanting to keep em. Hunting is huge in Wisconsin so rifles are never going away here I would imagine, I just was mystified when I found out about those statistics.

Best thing to do with your guns is keep em locked up.

Good luck with the classes and the move. Hope all goes smooth

Happy Thanksgiving.

Best thing to do with your guns is keep em locked up

Sad thing is, that's not always the safest.

I remember when I was a freshman in highschool, we had a couple guys on the football team die because the messed around with one.

Good luck with the classes and the move. Hope all goes smooth

Ya, thanks. Me too, 'cause i'll be moving 2,000+ miles from home. *ugh* But, i'll be with someone i love, besides around my family.

That's ok I took it as a tease, and a stab at my manhood.

LOL! Heh, the witt/sarcasm/acid, whatever you want to call it, can come off my tongue pretty quick. It's something needed to be worked on.

Best thing to do with your guns is keep em locked up


"Sad thing is, that's not always the safest.

I remember when I was a freshman in highschool, we had a couple guys on the football team die because the messed around with one."

How is keeping them locked up, with lock and key, and then with a gun-lock, not safe?

How is keeping them locked up, with lock and key, and then with a gun-lock, not safe?

So if you absolutely need to use them......."Excuse me Mr. Serial Killer could you wait a moment while I unlock my firearms and get them out of my safe so I can protect myself from you"?

Keeping them locked up is not the answer. It's called "personal responsibility" and education.

Keeping them locked up is not the answer. It's called "personal responsibility" and education.

The answer is to nuke the fuck out of the entire world, killing everybody and everything in the process . . . and then the few cocroaches that survive can evolve and take over . . .

Good riddance, motherfuckers.

The answer is to nuke the fuck out of the entire world, killing everybody and everything in the process . . . and then the few cocroaches that survive can evolve and take over . . . Good riddance, motherfuckers.

That "was" sarcasm, right?

How is keeping them locked up, with lock and key, and then with a gun-lock, not safe?

First, I didn't say it wasn't safe...I said 'sometimes' it isn't the safest.

In that case, they just got through it all...

That "was" sarcasm, right?

I haven't decided yet.

Well I guess in my case I'd have to say I decide whats safest based on statistics, but if you guys just feel better with a loaded gun in house, a house with kids, maybe a depressed family member, hey maybe with stupid pets, practicing stupid pet tricks, do as you will.

Cops, and most responsible gun handlers, would recommend you keeping them locked up. How often do you have serial killers in your house vs children, or family? I'd have to say in my house there has not yet once been a serial killer, but everyday family is present.

Cops, and most responsible gun handlers, would recommend you keeping them locked up. How often do you have serial killers in your house vs children, or family? I'd have to say in my house there has not yet once been a serial killer, but everyday family is present.

As a Firearms retailer and NRA pistol instructor and Range safety officer I will tell you that you are 100% "wrong". The police recommend that you keep the firearms out of childrens reach. Which is waaaaay different than locking them up.

It's funny.....I work a retail job part-time, and I heard a kid once, maybe 10 or 11, begging his mom to buy him this really cool toy rifle. It looked real and shot these little soft-tipped darts; the mom kept saying "No! No guns! No violent toys! Nothing you can hurt anyone with! No!"

I had to laugh, because my best friend is an ex-Marine sniper and avid gun collector.
Very conscientious with his weapons, of which he has many. His son was 7 when he got his first shotgun. A real, .12 Gauge shotgun. Not a dumb ole toy from Dollar General. 7 years old. Now, at 12, he's an old hand with all his dad's guns.
My friend keeps a .9mm in the bedroom, with a trigger lock. His son knows where the key is, but never has any desire to mess with it, because he's already fired it so often that it's boring to him. DRM is right.....education and instruction is the key to gun safety, not more legislation.

My friend keeps his guns locked up, and teaches gun safety to his wife, son and daughter. His wife chased away a prowler one night when he was working, just by waving his Smith and Wesson .44 around out on the back porch. Didn't even have to pull the trigger. That was a good thing, 'cause the kick probably would have knocked her down.


I guess that mom at the store better not let her son play baseball....he might hurt someone with the bat.